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 Macedonia ( ; , ), also called Macedon ( ), was an Classical antiquity, ancient monarchy, kingdom on the periphery of Archaic Greece, Archaic and Classical Greece, which later became the dominant state of Hellenistic Greece. The History of ...

, and was given to several prominent ancient Macedonian and

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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 Amyntas II (), also known as Amyntas "the Little", was king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon for several months around 394/3 BC. He became king in July or August of 394/3 after the death of Aeropus II, but he was soon after assassinated b ...

, king of Macedon * Amyntas III of Macedon, king of Macedon (393–369 BC) *

Amyntas IV of Macedon Amyntas IV ( Greek: Ἀμύντας Δ΄) was a titular king of the Greek kingdom of Macedonia in 359 BC and member of the Argead dynasty. Biography Amyntas was a son of King Perdiccas III of Macedon. He was born in about 365 BC.Joseph Roisma ...

, king of Macedon (359 BC)

Military figures

Amyntas (son of Andromenes) Amyntas (; died 330 BC) was a Macedonian officer in Alexander the Great's army, son of Andromenes from Tymphaia. After the Battle of the Granicus, 334 BC, when the garrison of Sardis was quietly surrendered to Alexander, Amyntas was the officer sen ...

, general of Alexander the Great, died in 330 BC * Amyntas (son of Antiochus), fugitive to Persians *

Amyntas (son of Arrhabaeus) Amyntas (), son of Arrhabaeus, was hipparch of the ile of Prodromoi. He replaced Hegelochus and was replaced by Protomachus. References *Who's Who in the Age of Alexander the Great by Waldemar Heckel Ancient Greek generals Ancient Maced ...

, hipparchos *

Amyntas (son of Alexander) Amyntas () is a male given name, a variation of (''amyntes''), derived from the (''amyntor'') and ultimately from the verb . It was particularly widespread in Macedonia (ancient kingdom), ancient Macedon, and was given to several prominent Anci ...

*Amyntas, father of taxiarch

Philip Philip, also Phillip, is a male name derived from the Macedonian Old Koine language, Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominen ...

*Amyntas, father of

and first father-in-law of

Berenice I of Egypt Berenice I (; c. 340 BC – between 279 and 268 BC) was Queen of Egypt by marriage to Ptolemy I Soter. She became the second queen, after Eurydice of Egypt, Eurydice, of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Ancient Egypt, Egypt. Life Family Berenice was orig ...

* Amyntas (Antigonid general), died in Cappadocia 301 BC * Amyntas of Rhodes, admiral against Demetrius Poliorcetes *

Amyntas of Pieria 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 Hellenist ...

, 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 Amyntas Nicator (Ancient Greek: Ἀμύντας Νικάτωρ, ''Amýntas Nikátōr'', meaning "Amyntas the Victor") was an Indo-Greek king. His coins have been found both in eastern Punjab and Afghanistan, indicating that he ruled a considerable ...

, Indo-Greek king who ruled in parts of the northern Indian subcontinent between 95 and 90 BC *

Amyntas of Galatia Amyntas (), Tetrarch of the Trocmi was a King of Galatia and of several adjacent countries between 36 and 25 BC, mentioned by StraboStrabo, '' Geographia'', xii as contemporary with himself. He was the son of Brogitarus, king of Galatia, and ...

, 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 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 Hellenist ...

, 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 Torquato Tasso ( , also , ; 11 March 154425 April 1595) was an Italian poet of the 16th century, known for his 1591 poem ''Gerusalemme liberata'' (Jerusalem Delivered), in which he depicts a highly imaginative version of the combats between ...

's play

Aminta ''Aminta'' is a play written by Torquato Tasso in 1573, represented during a garden party at the court of Ferrara. Both the actors and the public were noble persons living at the Court, who could understand subtle allusions the poet made to that ...

, translated into English by

Leigh Hunt James Henry Leigh Hunt (19 October 178428 August 1859), best known as Leigh Hunt, was an English critic, essayist and poet. Hunt co-founded '' The Examiner'', a leading intellectual journal expounding radical principles. He was the centre ...

as ''Amyntas, a Tale of the Woods'' *Amyntas, the title shepherd in Thomas Watson's Latin

eclogue An eclogue is a poem in a classical style on a pastoral subject. Poems in the genre are sometimes also called bucolics. The term is also used for a musical genre thought of as evoking a pastoral scene. Classical beginnings The form of the word ...

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 Samuel Daniel (1562–1619) was an English poet, playwright and historian in the late-Elizabethan and early- Jacobean eras. He was an innovator in a wide range of literary genres. His best-known works are the sonnet cycle ''Delia'', the epic ...

's play ''The Queene's Arcadia''

Places

* Tomb of Amyntas, ancient Lycian rock-hewn tomb at ancient Telmessos, in the

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