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]), Hegesandre,[7] and, in other versions, of Daphne.[8] He was the father of Oebalus[9] or of Perieres,[10] 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.[9] His tomb was shown near Scias at Sparta.[11]
See also[]
Notes[]
- ^ Apollodorus, 1.9.5 & 3.10.3; Pausanias, 3.13.1
- ^ Pausanias, 3.1.3
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.10.3; Pausanias, 3.1.3
- ^ Pausanias, 3.19.4
- ^ Pausanias, 10.9.5
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.9.1
- ^ Scholia on Homer, Odyssey 4.10; Pherecydes, fr. 132
- ^ Parthenius, Erotica Pathemata 15
- ^ a b Pausanias, 3.1.3
- ^ Apollodorus, 1.9.5 & 3.10.3–4
- ^ Pausanias, 3.13.1; Scholia on Euripides, Orestes 447
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 Cynortas at Wikisource
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- Greek mythology stubs
- Princes in Greek mythology
- Mythological kings of Sparta
- Kings in Greek mythology
- Laconian characters in Greek mythology
- Characters in Greek mythology