Galaxy/The codex of Cyanippus

In Greek mythology, Cyanippus (Ancient Greek Κυάνιππος) is the last king named in the Biantid / Adrastid succession at Argos. Apollodorus makes him son of Adrastus and brother of Aegialeus; Pausanias calls him son of Aegialeus and Comaetho. He fights at Troy (and enters the Horse in Tryphiodorus), dies childless, and is succeeded by Cylarabes.

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I.Last of the Adrastid line at Argos

Pausanias (2.18.4–5; 2.30.10) makes Cyanippus son of Aegialeus; Apollodorus (1.9.13) makes him son of Adrastus and Amphithea and brother of Aegialeus. He rules Argos for a time, fights in the Trojan War, and in Tryphiodorus is among those who enter the Wooden Horse. Dying without children, he leaves the reunited kingdom to Cylarabes son of Sthenelus — closing the Melampid–Biantid–Anaxagorid partition.

Wikipedia's disambiguation also lists a Thessalian Cyanippus (Parthenius' Leucone tale) and a Syracusan punished by Dionysus — neither is this Argive Adrastid.

II.Homonym care

The atlas id cyanippus-adrastid is the Argive king alone. Distinct from Parthenius' Thessalian hunter and from Pseudo-Plutarch's Syracusan Cyanippus.

AT A GLANCE

Greek nameΚυάνιππος
Roman nameCyanippus
Typemortal
DomainsBiantid kingship · Argive royalty
ParentageAdrastus · Aegialeus · Amphitheatellings differ →
SymbolsLast Biantid king · Trojan Horse · Childless succession
Cult centersArgos
EtymologyGreek Κυάνιππος, "dark-horse" / cyan-horse. Parentage forks between Adrastus and Aegialeus.
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