Cynophontis, a festival of Argos, observed during the dog days. It received its name ἀπο του κυνας φονειν, killing dogs, because they used to kill all the dogs they met.
Cynortas, one of the ancient kings of Sparta, son of Amyclas and Diomede. Pausanias, bk. 3, ch. 1.
Cynortion, a mountain of Peloponnesus. Pausanias, bk. 2, ch. 27.
Cynos, a town of Locris.——Another in Thessaly, where Pyrrha, Deucalion’s wife, was buried.
Cynosargres, a surname of Hercules.——A small village of Attica of the same name, where the Cynic philosophers had established their school. Herodotus, bks. 5 & 6.
Cynossēma (a dog’s tomb), a promontory of the Thracian Chersonesus, where Hecuba was changed into a dog, and buried. Ovid, bk. 13, Metamorphoses, li. 569.
Cynosūra, a nymph of Ida in Crete. She nursed Jupiter, who changed her into a star which bears the same name. It is the same as the Ursa Minor. Ovid, Fasti, bk. 3, li. 107.
Cynthia, a beautiful woman who was mistress to Propertius.——A surname of Diana, from mount Cynthus, where she was born.
Cynthius, a surname of Apollo, from mount Cynthus.
Cynthus, a mountain of Delos, so high that it is said to overshadow the whole island. Apollo was surnamed Cynthius, and Diana Cynthia, as they were born on the mountain, which was sacred to them. Virgil, Georgics, bk. 3, li. 36.—Ovid, Metamorphoses, bk. 6, li. 304; Fasti, bk. 3, li. 346.