Cynortas
In Greek mythology, Cynortas (/sɪˈnɔːrtəs/; Ancient Greek: Κυνόρτας) or Cynortes (/sɪˈnɔːrtiːz/; Ancient Greek: Κυνόρτης) or Cynortus was a king of Sparta.
Family
Cynortas was the son of King Amyclas of Sparta and Queen Diomede, and thus brother to King Argalus, Hyacinthus, Laodamia (or Leanira), Hegesandre, Harpalus, Polyboea and in other versions, of Daphne. He was the father of Oebalus or of Perieres, 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. His tomb was shown near Scias at Sparta.
See also
Notes
- ↑ Apollodorus, 1.9.5 & 3.10.3; Pausanias, 3.13.1
- 1 2 3 Pausanias, 3.1.3
- ↑ Apollodorus, 3.10.3; Pausanias, 3.1.3
- ↑ Pausanias, 10.9.5
- ↑ Apollodorus, 3.9.1
- ↑ Scholia on Homer, Odyssey 4.10; Pherecydes, fr. 132
- ↑ Pausanias, 7.18.5 (Achaica)
- ↑ Pausanias, 3.19.4
- ↑ Parthenius, Erotica Pathemata 15
- ↑ 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
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