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Greek mythological character
In
Greek mythology, Amyclas (
Ancient Greek: Ἀμύκλας,
romanized: Amýklas) or Amyclus was a king of
Sparta and the founder of
Amyclae in central
Laconia.
Mythology
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]
Notes
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^
"Chapter 28 - Bronze Age History of Laconia". ACT 青森ケーブルテレビ.
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^
Pausanias,
3.1.3
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^
Apollodorus,
1.9.5 &
3.10.3; Pausanias,
3.1.3 &
3.13.1
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^ Apollodorus,
3.10.3; Pausanias,
3.1.3
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^ Pausanias,
10.9.5
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^ Apollodorus,
3.9.1
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^ Pausanias,
7.18.5 (
Achaica)
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^
Scholia ad
Homer,
Odyssey 4.10;
Pherecydes, fr. 132
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^ Pausanias,
3.19.4
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^
Parthenius,
15 from the elegiac poems of Diodorus of Elaea and the 25th book of
Phylarchus
References
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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.
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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.
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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.
External links
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Works related to
Amyclas at Wikisource
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