Editing Cynortas

In [[Greek mythology]], '''Cynortas''' ({{langx|grc|Κυνόρτας}}, {{IPAc-en|s|ᵻ|ˈ|n|ɔːr|t|ə|s}}) or '''Cynortes''' ({{langx|grc|Κυνόρτης}}, {{IPAc-en|s|ᵻ|ˈ|n|ɔːr|t|iː|z}}) or '''Cynortus''' was a king of [[Sparta]].

== Family ==
Cynortas was the son of King [[Amyclas of Sparta|Amyclas]] of [[Sparta]]<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], 1.9.5 & 3.10.3; [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], 3.13.1</ref> and Queen [[Diomede]], and thus brother to [[Argalus|King Argalus]],<ref name=":1"/> [[Hyacinth (mythology)|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>), [[Hegesandra|Hegesandre]],<ref>[[Scholia]] on [[Homer]], ''[[Odyssey]]'' 4.10; [[Pherecydes of Syros|Pherecydes]], fr. 132</ref> [[Harpalus (mythology)|Harpalus]],<ref>Pausanias, 7.18.5 ([https://books.google.com/books?id=gBkIAAAAQAAJ&dq=Harpalus+Deritus&pg=PA194 Achaica])</ref> [[Polyboea]]<ref>Pausanias, 3.19.4</ref> and in other versions, of [[Daphne]].<ref>[[Parthenius of Nicaea|Parthenius]], ''Erotica Pathemata'' 15</ref> He was the father of [[Oebalus]]<ref name=":1">Pausanias, 3.1.3</ref> or of [[Perieres (king of Messenia)|Perieres]],<ref>Apollodorus, 1.9.5 & 3.10.3–4</ref> 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.<ref name=":1" /> He is presumed to have participated in [[Pelops]]' attack on [[Oenomaus]] in 1312 BC.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chapter 28 - Bronze Age History of Laconia |url=https://www.actv.ne.jp/~miyano/AncientGreece/AncientGreeks/AH_Laconia.html |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=www.actv.ne.jp}}</ref> His tomb was shown near Scias at [[Sparta]].<ref>Pausanias, 3.13.1; Scholia on [[Euripides]], ''[[Orestes (play)|Orestes]]'' 447</ref>

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==See also==
*[[List of kings of Sparta]]

==Notes==
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== References ==

* [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|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. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
*[[Parthenius of Nicaea|Parthenius]], ''Love Romances'' translated by Sir Stephen Gaselee (1882-1943), S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 69. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. 1916.  [https://topostext.org/work/550 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* Parthenius, ''Erotici Scriptores Graeci, Vol. 1''. Rudolf Hercher. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1858. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0643 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Pausanias (geographer)|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}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
*Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.  [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].

==External links==
*{{wikisource-inline|Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology/Cynortes|Cynortas}}
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