Amyntor ( grc, Ἀμύντωρ, Amýntor, defender, link=no) may refer to:
*In Greek mythology:
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Amyntor (son of Ormenus)
In Greek mythology, Amyntor (Ancient Greek: Ἀμύντωρ, translit. ''Amýntor'', lit. 'defender') was the son of Ormenus, and a king of Eleon or Ormenium. Amyntor's son Phoenix, on his mother's urgings, had sex with his father's concubine ...
, a mythological king, who was the father of Phoenix, the tutor and companion of Achilles.
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Amyntor (son of Aegyptus), killed by his wife Damone, one of the Danaïdes.
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Amyntor (son of Phrastor), father of Teutamides and grandfather of Nanas.
*People:
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Amyntor (Macedonian) Amyntor (Ancient Greek: Ἀμύντωρ ''Amýntor'' "defender") was the name of a 4th-century BC Macedonian aristocrat, possibly of Athenian descent. He was the father of Hephaestion Amyntoros, who was a close companion and lieutenant to Alexander ...
, a 4th-century Macedonian aristocrat and the father of Hephaestion, the general and companion of Alexander the Great
:*Gerhard von Amyntor, the pen name of the 19th-century German poet
Dagobert von Gerhardt
*In biology
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Ceratomia amyntor'', the elm sphinx or four-horned sphinx, a North American moth in the family Sphingidae.
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Cyanophrys amyntor'', or the Amyntor greenstreak, a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae
:*''Papilio amyntor'', a synonym for the butterfly species
Artipe eryx
''Artipe eryx'', the green flash, is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his Nobility#Ennoblement, ennoblement in 1761 as ...
*In the arts:
:*''Amyntor, or a Defence of Milton's Life'', a 1699 book by the Irish rationalist philosopher
John Toland
John Toland (30 November 167011 March 1722) was an Irish rationalist philosopher and freethinker, and occasional satirist, who wrote numerous books and pamphlets on political philosophy and philosophy of religion, which are early expressions o ...
:*''Amyntor and Theodora'' a 1747 play by the Scottish dramatist
David Mallet
:*"Amyntor", a 1795 song by the English composer
Raynor Taylor
Raynor Taylor (1747 – 17 August 1825) was an English organist, music teacher, composer, and singer who lived and worked in the United States after emigrating in 1792. Active in composing music for the theater, outdoor pleasure garden, and the Ang ...
:*Amyntor, a character in the 1948 historical novel ''
The King Must Die
''The King Must Die'' is a 1958 bildungsroman and historical novel by Mary Renault that traces the early life and adventures of Theseus, a hero in Greek mythology. It is set in locations throughout Ancient Greece: Troizen, Corinth, Eleusis, A ...
'', by Mary Renault, about the ancient Greek hero Theseus.
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