Agenor of Troy

For other uses, see Agenor (mythology).

In Greek mythology, Agenor (/əˈdʒiːnɔːr/; Ancient Greek: Ἀγήνωρ or Αγήνορι Agēnor; English translation: 'heroic, manly')^[1] was a Trojan hero.

Family

Agenor was the son of Antenor^[2][3] and Theano,^[4] daughter of King Cisseus of Thrace. His siblings were Crino,^[5] Acamas,^[6][7] Antheus,^{[8][AI-generated source?]} Archelochus,^[9][10] Coön,^[11] Demoleon,^[12] Eurymachus,^[13] Glaucus,^[14] Helicaon,^[15] Iphidamas,^[16] Laodamas,^[17][18] Laodocus,^[19] Medon,^[20] Polybus,^[3][21] and Thersilochus^[20]

Mythology

When Achilles was routing the entire Trojan army, Agenor was the first Trojan to collect his wits and stop fleeing from Achilles' rampage.^[22] Agenor felt ashamed that he was fleeing from a man who was supposedly just as mortal as anyone so he turned to face Achilles. As the Greek hero approached Agenor the latter threw his spear at him, but only hit Achilles' greaves. After that Achilles sprang at Agenor, but at that moment Apollo carried the Trojan away in a veil of mist to keep Achilles from pursuing him, while Apollo took the form of Agenor to lead Achilles away from the Trojans. This act allowed all the Trojans (except Hector) to take cover behind the walls of Troy.

Agenor killed two people in the war.^[23] His son Echeclus was killed by Achilles.^[24]

According to Pausanias,^[25] Agenor was killed by Achilles' son Neoptolemus when the Achaeans were storming Troy through the Trojan Horse ruse.

Agenor's picture appears in the great painting in the Lesche of Delphi, by Polygnotus.^[26]

Notes

1. ἀγήνωρ. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project
2. Homer, Iliad 11.59, 21.545 & 579
3. Tzetzes, John (2015). Allegories of the Iliad. Translated by Goldwyn, Adam; Kokkini, Dimitra. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. pp. 219, 11.44–46. ISBN 978-0-674-96785-4.
4. Homer, Iliad 11.59 & 6.297
5. Pausanias, 10.27.4
6. Apollodorus, E.3.34; Homer, Iliad 2.823, 11.60 & 12.100
7. Tzetzes, John (2015). Allegories of the Iliad. Translated by Goldwyn, Adam; Kokkini, Dimitra. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. pp. 61, Prologue 806–807, p. 219, 11.44–46. ISBN 978-0-674-96785-4.
8. Tzetzes on Lycophron, 134
9. Apollodorus, E.3.34; Homer, Iliad 2.823, 12.100 & 14.464
10. Tzetzes, John (2015). Allegories of the Iliad. Translated by Goldwyn, Adam; Kokkini, Dimitra. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. pp. 61, Prologue 806–807. ISBN 978-0-674-96785-4.
11. Homer, Iliad 11.248 & 256, 19.53
12. Homer, Iliad 20.395
13. Pausanias, 10.27.3
14. Virgil, Aeneid 6.484; Apollodorus, E.5.21; Dictys Cretensis, 4.7; Pausanias, 10.27.3
15. Homer, Iliad 3.123
16. Homer, Iliad 11.221 & 261; Pausanias, 4.36.4 & 5.19.4
17. Homer, Iliad 15.516
18. Tzetzes, John (2015). Allegories of the Iliad. Translated by Goldwyn, Adam; Kokkini, Dimitra. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. pp. 283, 15.193. ISBN 978-0-674-96785-4.
19. Homer, Iliad 4.87
20. Virgil, Aeneid 6.484
21. Homer, Iliad 11.59
22. Homer, Iliad 21.570
23. Hyginus, Fabulae 115
24. Homer, Iliad 20.474ff
25. Pausanias, 10.27.1
26. Schmitz, Leonhard (1867), "Agenor (6)", 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 2008-05-16

References

• Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Dictys Cretensis, from The Trojan War. The Chronicles of Dictys of Crete and Dares the Phrygian translated by Richard McIlwaine Frazer, Jr. (1931-). Indiana University Press. 1966. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. ISBN 978-0674995796. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. ISBN 978-0198145318. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• 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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
• Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Vergilius Maro, Aeneid. Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Vergilius Maro, Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Tzetzes, John, Allegories of the Iliad translated by Goldwyn, Adam J. and Kokkini, Dimitra. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, Harvard University Press, 2015.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Agenor (6)". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.