Cynosura or Kynosoura ( grc, Κυνόσουρα, 3=dog's tail, links=no) may refer to:
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Cynosura (Laconia) Cynosura or Kynosoura ( grc, Κυνόσουρα) was a settlement that existed before the Dorian conquest. It was united with three other such settlements ( Pitane, Limnae, and Mesoa) by a common sacrifice to Artemis, and eventually coalesced int ...
, a settlement that coalesced into ancient Sparta
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Cynosura (Salamis)
Salamis ( ; el, Σαλαμίνα, Salamína; grc, label= Ancient and Katharevousa, Σαλαμίς, Salamís) is the largest Greek island in the Saronic Gulf, about off-coast from Piraeus and about west of central Athens. The chief city, S ...
, a promontory of Salamis Island
*the Greek name of
Ursa Minor
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Cynosura (nymph)
In Greek mythology, Cynosura ( grc, Κυνοσούρα, Kunosoúra, dog's tail ', ) is the name of an Idaean Oread nymph from the island Crete who brought up a young Zeus during his early years when he hid from his father Cronus, and ended up amo ...
, a mountain nymph in Greek mythology
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