Amyclas of Sparta
In Greek mythology, Amyclas (/əˈmaɪkləs/; Ancient Greek: Ἀμύκλας Ἀmúklas) or Amyclus was a king of Sparta and the founder of Amyclae in central Laconia.
Family
Amyclas was the son of King Lacedemon and Queen Sparta and brother of Queen Eurydice of Argos. By Diomēdē, daughter of Lapithes, he became the father of King Argalus,[1] King Cynortas,[2] Prince Hyacinth, Queen Laodamia (or Leaneira) of Arcadia,[3] and possibly of Princess Polyboea.[4] In other versions of the myth, Amyclas was also called the father of Daphne.[5]
Notes
- ^ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 3.1.3
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.9.1
- ^ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 10.9.5
- ^ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 3.19.4
- ^ Parthenius, Erotica Pathemata 15
References
- 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.
- 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.
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