Amarynthus
In Greek mythology, Amarynthus (Ancient Greek: Ἀμάρυνθος, romanized: Amárunthos) is a hunter of Artemis, from whom the town of Amarynthus in Euboea, a large island off the coast of Greece, was believed to have derived its name.
Mythology
[edit]According to Stephanus of Byzantium, an island of Euboea was named Amarynthus after this Amarynthus, a hunter of Artemis.[1] Strabo mentions a Euboean town also called Amarynthus, in which stood the sanctuary of Artemis Amarynthia.[2] Artemis derived the epithet Amarynthia or Amarysia from this hero—or rather from the town of Amarynthus where Amarysia was revered—under which she was worshipped there and in Attica.[3][4]
See also
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Notes
[edit]- ↑ Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. Ἀμάρυνθος
- ↑ Strabo 10.1.10
- ↑ Pausanias 1.31.5; Dict. of Ant. s.v. Ἀμαρύνθια
- ↑ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867). "Amarynthus". In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 136. Archived from the original on December 19, 2005.
References
[edit]- 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
- Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Available online at Topos Text.
- Strabo, The Geography of Strabo. Edition by H.L. Jones. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Amarynthus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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