Cynortas
In Greek mythology, Cynortas (Template:Langx, Template:IPAc-en) or Cynortes (Template:Langx, Template:IPAc-en) or Cynortus was a king of Sparta.
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Cynortas was the son of King Amyclas of Sparta<ref>Apollodorus, 1.9.5 & 3.10.3; Pausanias, 3.13.1</ref> and Queen Diomede, and thus brother to King Argalus,<ref name=":1"/> Hyacinthus,<ref>Apollodorus, 3.10.3; Pausanias, 3.1.3</ref> Laodamia<ref>Pausanias, 10.9.5</ref> (or Leanira<ref>Apollodorus, 3.9.1</ref>), Hegesandre,<ref>Scholia on Homer, Odyssey 4.10; Pherecydes, fr. 132</ref> Harpalus,<ref>Pausanias, 7.18.5 (Achaica)</ref> Polyboea<ref>Pausanias, 3.19.4</ref> and in other versions, of Daphne.<ref>Parthenius, Erotica Pathemata 15</ref> He was the father of Oebalus<ref name=":1">Pausanias, 3.1.3</ref> or of Perieres,<ref>Apollodorus, 1.9.5 & 3.10.3–4</ref> who either succeeded to the throne.
MythologyEdit
After the death of his brother Argalus, Cynortes inherited the kingdom and eventually became the king of Sparta.<ref name=":1" /> He is presumed to have participated in Pelops' attack on Oenomaus in 1312 BC.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> His tomb was shown near Scias at Sparta.<ref>Pausanias, 3.13.1; Scholia on Euripides, Orestes 447</ref>
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- 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. Template:ISBN. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.