Amarynthus

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]

  1. ^ Strabo, 10. p. 448
  2. ^ Pausanias, 1.31.3; Dict. of Ant. s.v. Ἀμαρύνθια
  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.