Amyclas of Sparta

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

Family

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 King Argalus,[1] King Cynortas,[2] Prince Hyacinth, Queen Laodamia (or Leaneira) of Arcadia,[3] and possibly of Princess Polyboea.[4] In other versions of the myth, Amyclas was also called the father of Daphne.[5]

Notes

  1. Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 3.1.3
  2. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.9.1
  3. Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 10.9.5
  4. Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 3.19.4
  5. Parthenius, Erotica Pathemata 15
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References

  • Works related to Amyclas at Wikisource
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Lacedaemon
King of Sparta Succeeded by
Argalus


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