The story begins with the Median king, Astyages and his daughter, Mandane Astyages wanted his daughter’s infant son murdered and gave the foul task to one of his trusted kinsmen, Harpagus when Harpagus gave thought to the matter he decided to keep his hands clean and give the dirty deed to someone of lower rank he ordered a herdsman named Mitradates to take the baby into the wilderness and leave it to the beasts and elements. Her name played an important part in the legend that made Kyrus such a powerful and charismatic leader because Kyno and Spax mean female dog in Greek and Median respectively. The wife of the cowherd, Mitradates, who raised Kyrus (Cyrus) as her son in Greek her name was Kyno but her Median name was Spako. See Cynisca by itself with citation tips (best for bookmarking). In 392 BCE she drove her chariot to victory in the Olympian Games she was honored by having a statue of her victory team included as a primary decoration of the Temple of Zeus in Olympia her name literally means Female-Dog and may also be rendered as Kynisca. The first woman to become an Olympic champion a Spartan by birth. See Cynic by itself with citation tips (best for bookmarking).
The name was taken from the first part of the word Kynosarge, meaning the gymnasium at Athens where Antisthenes taught. The name comes from the root word Kynikos, meaning Dog-Like or. The cynics were a school of philosophy founded by Antisthenes and Diogenes of Sinope.Ĭynics were reputed to believe that all cultural trappings were unnecessary and degraded the human condition there are several explanations as to where the cynics got their name: See Cynegeticus by itself with citation tips (best for bookmarking). The name of a work about hunting by Xenophon (circa 430-355 BCE) usually called On Hunting. See Cymothoe by itself with citation tips (best for bookmarking). the daughters of the Nereus her name means Wave-Swift. One of the fifty daughters of Nereus and Doris collectively known as the Nereids, i.e. See Cymopoleia by itself with citation tips (best for bookmarking). Her name may also be rendered as Kymopolea or Cymopolea. Cymopoleia KymopoleiaĪ daughter of Poseidon (lord of the Sea) and the wife of Briareos her name means Wave-Walker. See Cymodoce by itself with citation tips (best for bookmarking). the daughters of the Nereus her name means Wave-Receiver. See Cymo by itself with citation tips (best for bookmarking). the daughters of the Nereus her name means Wavy. See Cyme (2) by itself with citation tips (best for bookmarking). Cyme (2) KymeĪn Amazon queen her image survives on ancient coins from the as late as 300 BCE the Aeolian city of Kyme in Asia Minor was named after her. See Cyme (1) by itself with citation tips (best for bookmarking). Greek Mythology > People, Places, & Things > Cyme to Cyzicos (2)Ī B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U–ZĬ to Celaeno Celeos to Chthonios Chthonios to Confusion Copais to Cymatolege Cyme to Cyzicos Cyme to Cyzicos (2) Cyme (1) KymeĪn ancient Greek coastal city in Lydia in Asia Minor the largest and most influential of the twelve Ionian cities founded by the Aeolians the birthplace of the poet Hesiod named after an Amazon queen, Kyme. #WHAT DOES CYME STAND FOR UPDATE#
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