Amyclas of Sparta

In Greek mythology, Amyclas (Ancient Greek: Ἀμύκλας, romanized: Amýklas) or Amyclus was a king of Sparta and the founder of Amyclae in central Laconia.

Not to be confused with Amyclae.
For other uses, see Amyclas.
Amyclas
King of Sparta
Member of the Spartan Royal Family
Other namesAmyclus
PredecessorLacedaemon
SuccessorArgalus
AbodeSparta
Personal information
ParentsLacedaemon and Sparta
SiblingsEurydice
Consort(1) Diomede
(2) unknown
Children(1) Argalus, Cynortas, Hyacinth, Laodamia (or Leanira), Harpalus, Hegesandre
and ?Polyboea
(2) Daphne

Mythology

Amyclas was the son of King Lacedemon and Queen Sparta, and brother of Queen Eurydice of Argos. By Diomēdē, daughter of Lapithes, he became the father of Argalus,[1] Cynortas,[2] Hyacinth,[3] Laodamia[4] (or Leaneira[5]), Harpalus,[6] Hegesandre[7] and possibly of Polyboea.[8] In other versions of the myth, Amyclas was also called the father of Daphne.[9]

Notes
  1. Pausanias, 3.1.3
  2. Apollodorus, 1.9.5 & 3.10.3; Pausanias, 3.13.1
  3. Apollodorus, 3.10.3; Pausanias, 3.1.3
  4. Pausanias, 10.9.5
  5. Apollodorus, 3.9.1
  6. Pausanias, 7.18.5 (Achaica)
  7. Scholia on Homer, Odyssey 4.10; Pherecydes, fr. 132
  8. Pausanias, 3.19.4
  9. Parthenius, Erotica Pathemata 15

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 Amyclas at Wikisource


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