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Cynortas

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

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

Family

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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

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After the death of his brother Argalus, Cynortes inherited the kingdom and eventually became the king of Sparta.[10] He is presumed to have participated in Pelops' attack on Oenomaus in 1312 BC.[12] His tomb was shown near Scias at Sparta.[13]

Regnal titles
Preceded by King of Sparta Succeeded by

See also

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Notes

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  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. ^ a b Pausanias, 3.1.3
  11. ^ Apollodorus, 1.9.5 & 3.10.3–4
  12. ^ "Chapter 28 - Bronze Age History of Laconia". www.actv.ne.jp. Retrieved 2024-04-27.
  13. ^ Pausanias, 3.13.1; Scholia on Euripides, Orestes 447

References

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  • Works related to Cynortas at Wikisource