Cynortas

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

Family

Cynortas was the son of King Amyclas[1] of Sparta and Queen Diomede, and thus brother to King Argalus,[2] Hyacinthus,[3] Polyboea,[4] Laodamia[5] (or Leanira[6]), and, in other versions, of Daphne.[7] He was the father of Oebalus[2] or of Perieres,[8] 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] His tomb was shown near Scias at Sparta.[1][9]

See also

Notes

  1. Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 3.13.1
  2. Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 3.1.3
  3. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.10.3
  4. Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 3.19.4
  5. Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 10.9.5
  6. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.9.1
  7. Parthenius, Erotica Pathemata 15
  8. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1.9.5, 3.10.3-4
  9. Scholia on Euripides, Orestes, 447

References

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Regnal titles
Preceded by
Argalus
King of Sparta Succeeded by
Oebalus
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