Cynortas

In Greek mythology, Cynortas /sɪˈnɔːrtəs/ or Cynortes /sɪˈnɔːrtiːz/ (Ancient Greek: Κυνόρτας) or Cynortus was a king of Sparta.

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

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. 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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