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

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

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]

Regnal titles Preceded byLacedaemon King of Sparta Succeeded byArgalus

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

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