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    Cinyras

    mythological figure · 5 works · 6 mentions · 8 anchored passages

    Cinyras of Cyprus

    spoken of as

    1 expression

    Cinyras of Cyprus1 mention

    Protrepticus (Greek)

    For the islander Cinyras of Cyprus would never persuade me — he who dared to bring out from night into day the lewd orgies of Aphrodite, ambitious to deify a fellow-citizen who was a harlot.
    protrepticus

    in the texts

    ProtrepticusLate Antiquity · Greek

    Legendary king/lover of Aphrodite, later said to be buried with his descendants in her Paphian sanctuary.

    Aphrodite, put to shame over Ares, passed on to Cinyras, and married Anchises, and lay in wait for Phaethon, and loved Adonis;
    protrepticus
    And Ptolemy son of Agesarchus, in the first book of his work about Philopator, says that at Paphos, in the sanctuary of Aphrodite, Cinyras and his descendants are buried.
    protrepticus
    For the islander Cinyras of Cyprus would never persuade me — he who dared to bring out from night into day the lewd orgies of Aphrodite, ambitious to deify a fellow-citizen who was a harlot.
    protrepticus

    OrationsImperial · Greek

    Mythical king of Cyprus admired for his wealth.

    and some they admired for beauty, others for wealth, like Iasion and Cinyras;
    oration 8

    IliadClassical · Greek

    A king of Cyprus who gave Agamemnon his ornate breastplate as a guest-gift.

    and about his chest he set the breastplate which Cinyras had once given him as a guest-gift.
    chapter 11

    NemeanClassical · Greek

    Legendary king of Cyprus cited as an exemplar of divinely granted wealth.

    such prosperity as once loaded Cinyras with wealth in sea-washed Cyprus.
    chapter 8

    PythianClassical · Greek

    Legendary king and priest of Cyprus, beloved of Apollo and devoted servant of Aphrodite.

    Cinyras, the obedient priest of Aphrodite.
    chapter 2
    The voices of the men of Cyprus often shout the name of Cinyras, whom golden-haired Apollo gladly loved,
    chapter 2