Agenor (; Ancient Greek : Ἀγήνωρ or Αγήνορι Agēnor ; English translation: 'heroic, manly')[ 1] was the name of the following Greek mythological characters:
Agenor , son of Poseidon and king of Tyre .[ 2]
Agenor of Argos , son of either Ecbasus , Triopas , or Phoroneus .[ 3]
Agenor, an Egyptian prince as one of the sons of King Aegyptus . He married the Danaid Cleopatra , daughter of King Danaus of Libya either by the hamadryads Atlanteia or Phoebe . Agenor was killed along with his brothers, except Lynceus , by their wives during their wedding night at the behest of their father. Agenor was the son of Aegyptus by an Arabian woman and thus full brother of Istrus , Chalcodon , Chaetus , Diocorystes , Alces , Alcmenor , Hippothous , Euchenor and Hippolytus .[ 4] In some accounts, he could be a son of Aegyptus either by Eurryroe , daughter of the river-god Nilus ,[ 5] or Isaie , daughter of King Agenor of Tyre .[ 6]
Agenor, the betrothed of Andromeda , otherwise called Phineus .[ 7]
Agenor , son of King Pleuron and grandson of Aetolus .[ 8]
Agenor, one of the Niobids .[ 9]
Agenor, a warrior in the army of the Seven against Thebes . For trying to rescue Tages, his brother, who had been wounded in battle by Hypseus in the river, Agenor eventually was drowned.[ 10]
Agenor , son of Phegeus and murderer of Alcmaeon .[ 11]
Agenor , son of Antenor and a character in Homer's Iliad .[ 12]
Agenor, one of the sons of King Aeolus of Lipara , the keeper of the winds.[ 13] He had five brothers namely: Periphas , Euchenor , Klymenos , Xouthos and Macareus , and six sisters: Klymene , Kallithyia , Eurygone , Lysidike , Kanake and an unnamed one.[ 14] According to various accounts, Aeolus yoked in marriage his sons, including Agenor, and daughters in order to preserve concord and affection among them.[ 15] [ 16]
Agenor, one of the Suitors of Penelope who came from Dulichium along with other 56 wooers.[ 17] Euryalus, with the other suitors, was slain by Odysseus with the aid of Eumaeus , Philoetius , and Telemachus .[ 18]
Agenor, also one of the Suitors of Penelope from Zacynthus with other 43 wooers.[ 19] He suffered the same fate as his above namesake.[ 18]
Agenor, son Areus , son of Ampyx . He was the father of Preugenes and paternal grandfather of Patreus , the founder of Patrae .[ 20]
Agenor, husband of Dioxippe and father of Sipylus , who unwittingly killed his mother.[ 21]
^ ἀγήνωρ . Liddell, Henry George ; Scott, Robert ; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project
^ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867). "Agenor (1)" . In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology . Vol. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company . p. 68. Archived from the original on 2013-10-12. Retrieved 2017-06-09 .
^ Apollodorus , 2.1.2
^ Apollodorus, 2.1.5
^ Tzetzes , Chiliades 7.37, p. 368-369
^ Scholia on Apollonius of Rhodes , Argonautica Notes on Book 3.1689
^ Hyginus, Fabulae 64
^ Apollodorus 1.7.7
^ Apollodorus, 3.5.6 ; John Tzetzes , 4.420
^ Statius , Thebaid 9.272
^ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867), "Agenor (5)" , in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology , vol. 1, Boston: Little, Brown and Company , p. 68, archived from the original on 2013-10-12, retrieved 2017-06-09
^ Homer , Iliad 11.59 & 6.297
^ Tzetzes, John (2019). Allegories of the Odyssey . Translated by Goldwyn, Adam J.; Kokkini, Dimitra. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. pp. 147, 10.39. ISBN 978-0-674-23837-4 .
^ Tzetzes, John (2019). Allegories of the Odyssey . Translated by Goldwyn, Adam J.; Kokkini, Dimitra. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. pp. 147, 10.39–42. ISBN 978-0-674-23837-4 .
^ Tzetzes, John (2019). Allegories of the Odyssey . Translated by Goldwyn, Adam J.; Kokkini, Dimitra. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. pp. 147, 10.43–44. ISBN 978-0-674-23837-4 .
^ Homer, Odyssey 10.6 & 11–12
^ Apollodorus, Epitome 7.26–27
^ a b Apollodorus, Epitome 7.33
^ Apollodorus, Epitome 7.29
^ Pausanias , 7.18.5
^ Pseudo-Plutarch , De fluviis 9.4