Cynortas
In Greek mythology, Cynortas /sɪˈnɔːrtəs/ or Cynortes /sɪˈnɔːrtiːz/ (Ancient Greek: Κυνόρτας) or Cynortus was a king of Sparta.
Family
Cynortas was the son of King Amyclas[1] of Sparta and Queen Diomede, and thus brother to King Argalus[2], Hyacinthus[3], Polyboea[4], Laodamia[5] (or Leanira[6]), and, in other versions, of Daphne[7]. He was the father of Oebalus[2] or of Perieres[8], who either succeeded to the throne.
Mythology
After the death of his brother Argalus, Cynortes inherited the kingdom and eventually became the king of Sparta.[2] His tomb was shown near Scias at Sparta.[1][9]
See also
Notes
- ^ a b Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 3.13.1
- ^ a b c Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 3.1.3
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.10.3
- ^ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 3.19.4
- ^ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 10.9.5
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.9.1
- ^ Parthenius, Erotica Pathemata 15
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1.9.5, 3.10.3-4
- ^ Scholia on Euripides, Orestes, 447
References
- Parthenius, Love Romances translated by Sir Stephen Gaselee (1882-1943), S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 69. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. 1916. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Parthenius, Erotici Scriptores Graeci, Vol. 1. Rudolf Hercher. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1858. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Pseudo-Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
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