 The office of priesthood became hereditary in the families of both Cinyras (Cinyradae) and Tamiras, but the descendants of the latter were eventually displaced by those of the former; in the times of Tacitus, only the priest of Cinyras' line was consulted.The footnotes to this story also state that Cinyras is ""Another mythical king of Cyprus.Hesychius calls him a son of Apollo, and Ovid makes him the father of Adonis.""