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Amyclas of Sparta

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

Mythology

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Amyclas was the son of King Lacedemon and Queen Sparta, and brother of Queen Eurydice of Argos. After marrying Diomēdē, daughter of Lapithes, in 1351 BC,[1] he became the father of Argalus,[2] Cynortas,[3] Hyacinth,[4] Laodamia[5] (or Leaneira[6]), Harpalus,[7] Hegesandre[8] and possibly of Polyboea.[9] In other versions of the myth, Amyclas was also called the father of Daphne.[10]

Regnal titles
Preceded by King of Sparta Succeeded by

Notes

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  1. ^ "Chapter 28 - Bronze Age History of Laconia". ACT 青森ケーブルテレビ.
  2. ^ Pausanias, 3.1.3
  3. ^ Apollodorus, 1.9.5 & 3.10.3; Pausanias, 3.1.3 & 3.13.1
  4. ^ Apollodorus, 3.10.3; Pausanias, 3.1.3
  5. ^ Pausanias, 10.9.5
  6. ^ Apollodorus, 3.9.1
  7. ^ Pausanias, 7.18.5 (Achaica)
  8. ^ Scholia ad Homer, Odyssey 4.10 & 22; Pherecydes, fr. 132 [=Fowler (2013), vol. 1, p. 345 & vol. 2, p. 438]
  9. ^ Pausanias, 3.19.4
  10. ^ Parthenius, 15 from the elegiac poems of Diodorus of Elaea and the 25th book of Phylarchus

References

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