Amyclas of Sparta


In Greek mythology, Amyclas or Amyclus was a king of Sparta and the founder of Amyclae in central Laconia.

Family

Amyclas was the son of King Lacedemon and Queen Sparta and brother of Queen Eurydice of Argos. By Diomēdē, daughter of Lapithes, he became the father of King Argalus, King Cynortas, Prince Hyacinth, Queen Laodamia of Arcadia, and possibly of Princess Polyboea. In other versions of the myth, Amyclas was also called the father of Daphne.