Amarynthus (Ancient Greek: Ἀμάρυνθος) was, in Greek mythology, a hunter of Artemis, from whom the town of Amarynthus in Euboea (Stephanus of Byzantium says that it was Euboea itself) was believed to have derived its name. From this hero, or rather from the town of Amarynthus, Artemis derived the surname Amarynthia or Amarysia, under which she was worshipped there and also in Attica.

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  • Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN 0-674-99328-4.
  • Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. .
  • Strabo, The Geography of Strabo. Edition by H.L. Jones. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924.
  • Strabo, Geographica edited by A. Meineke. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Amarynthus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.