Cinyras

Kinuras

Ruler of Cyprus. Deceives Agamemnon by sending only one ship as aid rather than the promised fifty.

Genealogy

Laodice

Place

Cyprus

Events
  1. Menelaus, Odysseus and Talthybius try to persuade Cinyras to join the war
  2. Cinyras sends a contingent of clay ships with only one real ship to Troy
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.1
  2. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 11, Section 15
  3. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 3.2
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