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

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

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]

Regnal titles Preceded byArgalus King of Sparta Succeeded byOebalus

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. ^ a b Pausanias, 3.1.3
  11. ^ Apollodorus, 1.9.5 & 3.10.3–4
  12. ^ Pausanias, 3.13.1; Scholia on Euripides, Orestes 447

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