Cynortas
In Greek mythology, Cynortas (/sɪˈnɔːrtəs/; Ancient Greek: Κυνόρτας, lit. 'rousing the dogs' or 'one who excites/ sets hounds in motion'[1]) or Cynortes (/sɪˈnɔːrtiːz/; Ancient Greek: Κυνόρτης) or Cynortus was a king of Sparta.
Family
[edit]Cynortas was the son of King Amyclas of Sparta[2] and Queen Diomede, and thus brother to King Argalus,[3] Hyacinthus,[4] Laodamia[5] (or Leanira[6]), Hegesandre,[7] Harpalus,[8] Polyboea[9] and in other versions, of Daphne.[10] He was the father of Oebalus[3] or of Perieres,[11] who either succeeded to the throne.
Mythology
[edit]After the death of his brother Argalus, Cynortes inherited the kingdom and eventually became the king of Sparta.[3] His tomb was shown near Scias at Sparta.[12]
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ↑ derived from the roots kyon (κύων, meaning dog) and ornymi (ὄρνυμι, meaning to rouse, stir up, or excite)
- ↑ 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
[edit]- 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.
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