Amyntas is the name of several prominent Greek and Hellenistic men. It later became a stock name for lovelorn shepherds in 16th-century pastoral literature. The name is derived from Greek "amyntor" meaning "defender."

Kings of Macedon

Amyntas I of Macedon Amyntas I (Greek: Ἀμύντας Aʹ; 498 BC) was king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia (c. 547 – 512 / 511 BC) and then a vassal of Darius I from 512/511 to his death 498 BC, at the time of Achaemenid Macedonia. He was a son of Alcet ...

, king of Macedon (c. 540–498 BC) * Amyntas II of Macedon, king of Macedon *

Amyntas III of Macedon Amyntas III (Greek: Αμύντας Γ΄ της Μακεδονίας) (420 – 370 BC) was king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia in 393 BC and again from 392 to 370 BC. He was the son of Arrhidaeus and grandson of Amyntas, one of the sons ...

, 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 Roisman, ...

, king of Macedon (359 BC)

Military figures

Amyntas (son of Andromenes) Amyntas ( el, Ἀμύντας; 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 ...

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

Amyntas (son of Arrhabaeus) Amyntas ( el, Ἀμύντας), son of Arrhabaeus, was hipparch of the ile of Prodromoi In ancient Greece, the ''prodromoi'' (singular: ''prodromos'') were skirmisher light cavalry. Their name ( ancient Greek: ''πρόδρομοι'', ''prοdrom ...

, hipparchos * Amyntas (son of Alexander) *Amyntas, father of taxiarch

Philip Philip, also Phillip, is a male given name, derived from the Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominent Philips who popularize ...

*Amyntas, father of

and first father-in-law of

Berenice I of Egypt Berenice I ( grc-gre, Βερενίκη; 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 the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt. Life Family Berenice was originally f ...

* 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) Amyntas II was the son of the Persian official Bubares by his Macedonian wife Gygaea. He was named after his maternal grandfather, Amyntas I of Macedon, who ruled Macedonia as a Persian subject since 512/511 BC. Later, king Xerxes I (r. 486-46 ...

, Persian ruler of Alabanda

Hellenistic kings

Amyntas Nikator Amyntas Nicator ( grc, Ἀμύντας Νικάτωρ, Amyntas Nikatōr; epithet means "the Conqueror") was an Indo-Greek king. His coins have been found both in eastern Punjab and Afghanistan, indicating that he ruled a considerable territory ...

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

Amyntas of Galatia Amyntas ( grc, Ἀμύντας), 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 ...

, tetrarch of the Trocmi and king of Galatia (37–25 BC) *

Amyntas, Tetrarch of the Tectosagii Amyntas ( el, Ἀμύντας) was Tetrarch of the Tectosages and King of Cilicia Trachea between 36 BC and 25 BC. He was the predecessor of Polemon I of Pontus as King of Cilicia Trachea. Amyntas was a son of Dytilaos, Tetrarch of the Tectosagii. ...

, king of Cilicia Trachae between 36 BC and 25 BC

Writers

Amyntas of Heraclea Amyntas is the name of several prominent Greek and Hellenistic men. It later became a stock name for lovelorn shepherds in 16th-century pastoral literature. The name is derived from Greek "amyntor" meaning "defender." Kings of Macedon * Amyntas I ...

, mathematician; student of Plato *

Amyntas (bematist) Amyntas is the name of several prominent Greek and Hellenistic men. It later became a stock name for lovelorn shepherds in 16th-century pastoral literature. The name is derived from Greek "amyntor" meaning "defender." Kings of Macedon * Amyntas I ...

, wrote ''Stathmoi'' *Amyntas the surgeon

Athletes

*Amyntas of Aeolia in diaulos *Amyntas of Ephesus, pankratiast *

Amyntas (son of Menophilos) Amyntas is the name of several prominent Greek and Hellenistic men. It later became a stock name for lovelorn shepherds in 16th-century pastoral literature. The name is derived from Greek "amyntor" meaning "defender." Kings of Macedon * Amyntas I ...

, 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 tha ...

, 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 centr ...

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. Overview The form of the word ''eclogue'' in contemporary English developed from Middle English , which came from Latin , whi ...

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 epi ...

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

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