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In Greek mythology, Cinyras (/ ˈ s ɪ n ɪ r ə s /; [1] Ancient Greek: Κινύρας – Kinyras) was a famous hero and king of Cyprus. Accounts vary significantly as to his genealogy and provide a variety of stories concerning him; in many sources he is associated with the cult of Aphrodite on Cyprus, and Adonis , a consort of Aphrodite, is ...
Myrrha's nurse told King Cinyras of a girl deeply in love with him, giving a false name. The affair lasted several nights in complete darkness to conceal Myrrha's identity, [e] until Cinyras wanted to know the identity of his paramour. Upon bringing in a lamp, and seeing his daughter, the king attempted to kill her on the spot, but Myrrha escaped.
When the ruler of Cyprus, Cinyras, saw that Melos was of sound character, he made Melos a companion to his son Adonis. Melos eventually married a woman named Pelia, who was kin to Cinyras and Adonis, and had a son by her, also named Melos. The child was raised inside the sanctuary of Aphrodite.
Cinyras, mythological son of Apollo and father of Adonis; Kinnaru, an Ugaritic god who was a deification of the lyre, or some other string instruments; Other names APOP Kinyras Peyias FC, a Cypriot football club; KINYRAS, a submarine telecommunications cable system in Cyprus
In one rare version of Smyrna's tale, it was an angry Helios who cursed her to fall in love with her own father Cinyras because of some unspecified offence the girl committed against him; in the vast majority of other versions however, the culprit behind Smyrna's curse is the goddess of love Aphrodite. [158]
In Greek mythology, Amathousa or Amathusa (Ancient Greek: Ἀμαθούσης) was the reputed mother of King Cinyras of Cyprus. [1] Otherwise, the latter's parentage was attributed to the following: (1) Sandocus and Pharnace , [ 2 ] (2) Eurymedon and the nymph Paphia , [ 3 ] (3) Apollo , [ 4 ] or lastly, (4) Paphos .
Pelia had an unspecified kinship with Cinyras, the king of Cyprus, and his son Adonis. Cinyras married her to Melos, a childhood friend of Adonis from Delos. The couple had a son together, whom they also named Melos. The child was raised inside the sanctuary of Aphrodite herself, lover of Adonis.
According to the retelling of the story found in the poem Metamorphoses by the Roman poet Ovid (43 BC – AD 17/18), Adonis was the son of Myrrha, who was cursed by Aphrodite with insatiable lust for her own father, King Cinyras of Cyprus, [23] [24] [25] after Myrrha's mother bragged that her daughter was more beautiful than the goddess.