Cinyras
mythological figure · 3 works · 4 mentions · 5 anchored passages
Cinyras of Cyprus
spoken of as
1 expressionCinyras 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.
in the texts
Protrepticus
Legendary king/lover of Aphrodite, later said to be buried with his descendants in her Paphian sanctuary.
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.
Aphrodite, put to shame over Ares, passed on to Cinyras, and married Anchises, and lay in wait for Phaethon, and loved Adonis;
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.
Orations
Mythical king of Cyprus admired for his wealth.
and some they admired for beauty, others for wealth, like Iasion and Cinyras;