Amyntas
Amyntas is the name of several prominent Greek and Hellenistic men. It later became a stock name for lovelorn shepherds in 16th-century pastoral literature.[1] The name is derived from Greek "amyntor" meaning "defender."
Kings of Macedon[]
- Amyntas I of Macedon, king of Macedon (c. 540–498 BC)
- Amyntas II of Macedon, king of Macedon
- Amyntas III of Macedon, king of Macedon (393–369 BC)
- Amyntas IV of Macedon, king of Macedon (359 BC)
Military figures[]
- Amyntas (son of Andromenes), general of Alexander the Great, died in 330 BC
- Amyntas (son of Antiochus), fugitive to Persians
- Amyntas (son of Arrhabaeus), hipparchos
- Amyntas, father of taxiarch
- Amyntas, father of Philip and first father-in-law of Berenice I of Egypt
- , died in Cappadocia 301 BC
- , admiral against Demetrius Poliorcetes
- , 2nd Thessalian praetor 194 BC
- Amyntas of Mieza, somatophylax of Philip III Arrhidaeus
- Amyntas II (son of Bubares), Persian ruler of Alabanda
Hellenistic kings[]
- Amyntas Nikator, Indo-Greek king who ruled in parts of the northern Indian subcontinent between 95 and 90 BC
- Amyntas of Galatia, tetrarch of the Trocmi and king of Galatia (37–25 BC)
- Amyntas, Tetrarch of the Tectosagii, king of Cilicia Trachae between 36 BC and 25 BC
Writers[]
- , mathematician; student of Plato
- , wrote Stathmoi
- Amyntas the surgeon
Athletes[]
- Amyntas of Aeolia in diaulos
- Amyntas of Ephesus, pankratiast
- , Aiolian, winner of the horse race at the Greater Amphiareia, beginning of the first century
Fictional shepherds[]
- Amyntas, the title shepherd in Torquato Tasso's play Aminta, translated into English by Leigh Hunt as Amyntas, a Tale of the Woods[2]
- Amyntas, the title shepherd in Thomas Watson's Latin eclogue cycle Amyntas[1]
- Amyntas, the title shepherd in Thomas Randolph's play Amyntas, or The Impossible Dowry[3]
- Amyntas, a shepherd in love with Cloris in Samuel Daniel's play The Queene's Arcadia[4]
References[]
- ^ a b Chaudhuri, Sukanta (2018). A Companion to Pastoral Poetry of the English Renaissance. p. 35.
- ^ Tasso, Torquato. Amyntas, a Tale of the Woods.
- ^ Randolph, Thomas. Parry, John Jay (ed.). Amyntas, or The Impossible Dowry.
- ^ Greg, Walter Wilson (1906). Pastoral Poetry & Pastoral Drama. p. 253.
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