Cynortas
King of Sparta
Member of the Spartan Royal Family
PredecessorArgalus
SuccessorOebalus
AbodeSparta
Personal information
ParentsAmyclas and Diomede
SiblingsArgalus, Hyacinth, Laodamia (or Leanira), Harpalus, Hegesandre and ?Polyboea
half-sister by Amyclas: ?Daphne
ChildrenOebalus and Perieres

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 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[10] or of Perieres,[11] 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.[10] His tomb was shown near Scias at Sparta.[12]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Apollodorus, 1.9.5 & 3.10.3; Pausanias, 3.13.1
  2. ↑ Pausanias, 3.1.3
  3. ↑ Apollodorus, 3.10.3; Pausanias, 3.1.3
  4. ↑ Pausanias, 10.9.5
  5. ↑ Apollodorus, 3.9.1
  6. ↑ Scholia on Homer, Odyssey 4.10; Pherecydes, fr. 132
  7. ↑ Pausanias, 7.18.5 (Achaica)
  8. ↑ Pausanias, 3.19.4
  9. ↑ Parthenius, Erotica Pathemata 15
  10. 1 2 Pausanias, 3.1.3
  11. ↑ Apollodorus, 1.9.5 & 3.10.3–4
  12. ↑ 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.
  • Works related to Cynortas at Wikisource
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