Amyntas () is a male given name, a variation of (amyntes),. derived from the (amyntor) . and ultimately from the verb .. 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.
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 Amyntas, the title shepherd in Thomas Watson's Latin eclogue cycle Amyntas Amyntas, the title shepherd in Thomas Randolph's play Amyntas, or The Impossible Dowry Amyntas, a shepherd in love with Cloris in Samuel Daniel's play The Queene's Arcadia
Places Tomb of Amyntas, ancient Lycian rock-hewn tomb at ancient Telmessos, in the district of Fethiye, Turkey.
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