Amarysia

Amarynthus

Amarynthus

Ancient Greek mythological figure

For the town of ancient Euboea, see Amarynthus (Euboea).

Amarynthus (Ancient Greek: Ἀμάρυνθος) was, in Greek mythology, a hunter of Artemis, from whom the town of Amarynthus in Euboea (Stephanus of Byzantium says that it was Euboea itself) was believed to have derived its name.[1] From this hero, or rather from the town of Amarynthus, Artemis derived the surname Amarynthia or Amarysia, under which she was worshipped there and also in Attica.[2][3]

Notes

  1. [1]
    Strabo, 10. p. 448
  2. [2]
    Pausanias, 1.31.3; Dict. of Ant. s.v. Ἀμαρύνθια
  3. [3]
    Schmitz, Leonhard (1867). "Amarynthus". In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 136.

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Amarynthus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.


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