(Κίναδος, Kínados, ‘Fox’). One of the helmsmen of Menelaus. His tomb is said to have existed on the Laconian foothills of the Onugnathus (‘Donkey chin’) opposite the island of Cythera, not far from a shrine to Athena, supposedly built by Agamemnon (Paus. 3,22,10). In the ‘Odyssey (Hom. Od. 3,282) he is called Phrontis; however, this person was buried on Cape Sunium.
Cinadus(68 words)
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Michel, Raphael (Basle), “Cinadus”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 19 August 2022 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e613880>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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