In Greek mythology, Cynortas (; ) or Cynortes (; ) or Cynortus was a king of Sparta.
Family Cynortas was the son of King Amyclas of SpartaApollodorus, 1.9.5 & 3.10.3; Pausanias, 3.13.1 and Queen Diomede, and thus brother to King Argalus, Hyacinthus,Apollodorus, 3.10.3; Pausanias, 3.1.3 LaodamiaPausanias, 10.9.5 (or LeaniraApollodorus, 3.9.1), Hegesandre,Scholia on Homer, Odyssey 4.10; Pherecydes, fr. 132 Harpalus,Pausanias, 7.18.5 (Achaica) PolyboeaPausanias, 3.19.4 and in other versions, of Daphne.Parthenius, Erotica Pathemata 15 He was the father of OebalusPausanias, 3.1.3 or of Perieres,Apollodorus, 1.9.5 & 3.10.3–4 who either succeeded to the throne.
Mythology After the death of his brother Argalus, Cynortes inherited the kingdom and eventually became the king of Sparta. His tomb was shown near Scias at Sparta.Pausanias, 3.13.1; Scholia on Euripides, Orestes 447
See also List of kings of Sparta
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