Cynortes

Or Cynortas, a son of Amyclas by Diomede, and brother of Hyacinthus. After the death of his brother Argalus, he became king of Sparta and father of Oebalus or of Perieres. His tomb was shown at Sparta not far from the Scias.

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References

Sources

  • Pausanias. Description of Greece iii, 1.3, 13.1.
  • Pseudo-Apollodorus. The Library iii, 10.3.
  • Scholiast on Euripides' Orestes, 447.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.

This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain.