Amarynthus

Amarynthus (Gr. 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][4]

References

  1. ^ Strabo, Geographica x. p. 448
  2. ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece i. 31. § 3
  3. ^ Dict. of Ant. s.v. Ἀμαρύνθια
  4. ^ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867). "Amarynthus". In William Smith. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. pp. 136. http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0145.html. 

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1870).