Cynortas
In Greek mythology, Cynortas (Template:Langx, Template:IPAc-en) or Cynortes (Template:Langx, Template:IPAc-en) or Cynortus was a king of Sparta.
Family
Cynortas was the son of King Amyclas of Sparta[1] and Queen Diomede, and thus brother to King Argalus,[2] Hyacinthus,[3] Laodamia[4] (or Leanira[5]), Hegesandre,[6] Harpalus,[7] Polyboea[8] and in other versions, of Daphne.[9] He was the father of Oebalus[2] 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.[2] He is presumed to have participated in Pelops' attack on Oenomaus in 1312 BC.[11] His tomb was shown near Scias at Sparta.[12]
See also
Notes
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- ↑ Apollodorus, 1.9.5 & 3.10.3; Pausanias, 3.13.1
- ↑ a b c 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
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- ↑ Pausanias, 3.13.1; Scholia on Euripides, Orestes 447
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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. Template:ISBN. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.