Amyclas of Sparta

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In Greek mythology, Amyclas (/əˈmaɪkləs/; Ancient Greek: Ἀμύκλας, romanized: Amýklas) 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,[3] Queen Laodamia[4] (or Leaneira[5]) of Arcadia, Harpalus,[6] Hegesandre[7] and possibly of Princess Polyboea.[8] In other versions of the myth, Amyclas was also called the father of Daphne.[9]

Regnal titles
Preceded by King of Sparta Succeeded by

Notes[]

  1. ^ Pausanias, 3.1.3
  2. ^ Apollodorus, 1.9.5 & 3.10.3; Pausanias, 3.13.1
  3. ^ Apollodorus, 3.10.3; Pausanias, 3.1.3
  4. ^ Pausanias, 10.9.5
  5. ^ Apollodorus, 3.9.1
  6. ^ Pausanias, 7.18.5 (Achaica)
  7. ^ Scholia on Homer, Odyssey 4.10; Pherecydes, fr. 132
  8. ^ Pausanias, 3.19.4
  9. ^ Parthenius, Erotica Pathemata 15

References[]

  • 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. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. 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.
  • 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. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
  • Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

External links[]

  • Works related to Amyclas at Wikisource


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