Amyklas (King of Sparta)
Amyklas ( Greek Ἀμύκλας ), the son of Lacedaemon and the division , is the fifth king of Sparta and the brother of Eurydice in Greek mythology .
Amyklas married Diomede , the daughter of Lapithas , and with her fathered Argalos , Kynortas , Hyakinthos and the daughters Laodameia (also called Leaneira), Hegesandra and Polyboia . He is also referred to as the father of Daphne by Parthenios of Nicaea . He founded a city near Sparta and named it Amyklai .
Amyklas' successor was his eldest son, Argalos. In Amyklai there was a sanctuary of the amyklas , the amykläum .
swell
- Library of Apollodorus , 1, 87; 3, 102; 3, 116.
- Dictys Cretensis , Ephemeridos belli Troiani libri , 1, 9.
- Ovid , Fasti , 5, 193.
- Parthenios of Nicaea , Love Stories , 1, 15.
- Pausanias , travels in Greece , 3, 1, 3; 3, 13, 1; 7, 18, 5; 10, 19, 5.
- Strabon , Geographica , 278.
literature
- Friedrich Hiller von Gaertringen : Amyklas 1 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, column 1999 f.
- Robert von Ranke-Graves : Greek Mythology - Sources and Interpretation. rororo, ISBN 3-499-55404-6
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Lacedaemon |
King of Sparta 14th century BC Chr. (Fictional chronology) |
Argalos |