An epithet or title for Apollo in classical mythology, derived from his birthplace Mount Cynthus.
From Greek 'Kynthos,' used in ancient poetry to invoke Apollo specifically as the god born on Delos. The form became a proper appellation in Greco-Roman literature and religious practice.
Apollo had dozens of names and titles—Phoebus, Helios, Paean—and poets strategically switched between them depending on the meter they needed; Cynthius fit perfectly into dactylic hexameter where 'Apollo' didn't!
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