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Cynortas

Cynortas
King of Sparta
Member of the Spartan Royal Family
Predecessor	Argalus
Successor	Oebalus
Abode	Sparta
Personal information
Parents	Amyclas and Diomede
Siblings	Argalus, Hyacinth, Laodamia (or Leanira), Harpalus, Hegesandre and ?Polyboea half-sister by Amyclas: ?Daphne
Children	Oebalus 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] 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 Argalus	King of Sparta	Succeeded by Oebalus

Notes

^ Apollodorus, 1.9.5 & 3.10.3; Pausanias, 3.13.1
^ Pausanias, 3.1.3
^ Apollodorus, 3.10.3; Pausanias, 3.1.3
^ Pausanias, 10.9.5
^ Apollodorus, 3.9.1
^ Scholia on Homer, Odyssey 4.10; Pherecydes, fr. 132
^ Pausanias, 7.18.5 (Achaica)
^ Pausanias, 3.19.4
^ Parthenius, Erotica Pathemata 15
^ ^a ^b Pausanias, 3.1.3
^ Apollodorus, 1.9.5 & 3.10.3–4
^ "Chapter 28 - Bronze Age History of Laconia". www.actv.ne.jp. Retrieved 2024-04-27.
^ Pausanias, 3.13.1; Scholia on Euripides, Orestes 447

References

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. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.