Amyntas

Amyntas (Ancient Greek: Ἀμύντας) is a male given name, a variation of ἀμύντης (amyntes),^[1]^[2] derived from the Ancient Greek: ἀμύντωρ (amyntor) 'defender, helper'^[3] and ultimately from the verb ἀμύνω 'to ward off, to defend'.^[4] It was particularly widespread in ancient Macedon, and was given to several prominent ancient Macedonian and Hellenistic figures. It later became a stock name for lovelorn shepherds in 16th-century pastoral literature.^[5]

Kings of Macedon

Amyntas I of Macedon, king of Macedon (c. 540–498 BC)
Amyntas II of Macedon, king of Macedon
Amyntas III of Macedon, king of Macedon (393–369 BC)
Amyntas IV of Macedon, king of Macedon (359 BC)

Military figures

Amyntas (son of Andromenes), general of Alexander the Great, died in 330 BC
Amyntas (son of Antiochus), fugitive to Persians
Amyntas (son of Arrhabaeus), hipparchos
Amyntas (son of Alexander)
Amyntas, father of taxiarch Philip
Amyntas, father of Philip and first father-in-law of Berenice I of Egypt
Amyntas (Antigonid general), died in Cappadocia 301 BC
Amyntas of Rhodes, admiral against Demetrius Poliorcetes
Amyntas of Pieria, 2nd Thessalian praetor 194 BC
Amyntas of Mieza, somatophylax of Philip III Arrhidaeus
Amyntas II (son of Bubares), Persian ruler of Alabanda

Hellenistic kings

Amyntas Nikator, Indo-Greek king who ruled in parts of the northern Indian subcontinent between 95 and 90 BC
Amyntas of Galatia, tetrarch of the Trocmi and king of Galatia (37–25 BC)
Amyntas, Tetrarch of the Tectosagii, king of Cilicia Trachae between 36 BC and 25 BC

Writers

Amyntas of Heraclea, mathematician; student of Plato
Amyntas (bematist), wrote Stathmoi
Amyntas the surgeon

Athletes

Amyntas of Aeolia in diaulos
Amyntas of Ephesus, pankratiast
Amyntas (son of Menophilos), Aiolian, winner of the horse race at the Greater Amphiareia, beginning of the first century

Fictional shepherds

Amyntas, the title shepherd in Torquato Tasso's play Aminta, translated into English by Leigh Hunt as Amyntas, a Tale of the Woods^[6]
Amyntas, the title shepherd in Thomas Watson's Latin eclogue cycle Amyntas^[5]
Amyntas, the title shepherd in Thomas Randolph's play Amyntas, or The Impossible Dowry^[7]
Amyntas, a shepherd in love with Cloris in Samuel Daniel's play The Queene's Arcadia^[8]

References

^ "Ἀμύντας - Greek Word Study Tool". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
^ ἀμύντης. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project.
^ ἀμύντωρ. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project.
^ ἀμύνω. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project.
^ ^a ^b Chaudhuri, Sukanta (2018). A Companion to Pastoral Poetry of the English Renaissance. p. 35. ISBN 9781526127006.
^ Tasso, Torquato (1820). Amyntas, a Tale of the Woods.
^ Randolph, Thomas. Parry, John Jay (ed.). Amyntas, or The Impossible Dowry.
^ Greg, Walter Wilson (1906). Pastoral Poetry & Pastoral Drama. p. 253.

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[1] "Ἀμύντας - Greek Word Study Tool". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 28 February 2024.

[2] ἀμύντης. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project.

[3] ἀμύντωρ. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project.

[4] ἀμύνω. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project.

[A_Companion_to_Pastoral_Poetry_of_the_English_Renaissance_-_Sukanta_Chaudhuri_-_Google_Books-5] Chaudhuri, Sukanta (2018). A Companion to Pastoral Poetry of the English Renaissance. p. 35. ISBN 9781526127006.

[6] Tasso, Torquato (1820). Amyntas, a Tale of the Woods.

[7] Randolph, Thomas. Parry, John Jay (ed.). Amyntas, or The Impossible Dowry.

[8] Greg, Walter Wilson (1906). Pastoral Poetry & Pastoral Drama. p. 253.

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