Agenor of Troy
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
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
- Perseus Project
- ^ Homer, Iliad 11.59, 21.545 & 579
- ^ ISBN 978-0-674-96785-4.
- ^ Homer, Iliad 11.59 & 6.297
- ^ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 10.27.4
- ^ Apollodorus, Epitome 3.34; Homer, Iliad 2.823, 11.60 & 12.100
- ISBN 978-0-674-96785-4.
- ^ Tzetzes on Lycophron, Alexandra 134
- ^ Apollodorus, Epitome 3.34; Homer, Iliad 2.823, 12.100 & 14.464
- ISBN 978-0-674-96785-4.
- ^ Homer, Iliad 11.248 & 256, 19.53
- ^ Homer, Iliad 20.395
- ^ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 10.27.3
- ^ Virgil, Aeneid 6.484; Apollodorus, Epitome 5.21; Dictys Cretensis, Trojan War Chronicle 4.7; Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 10.27.3
- ^ Homer, Iliad 3.123
- ^ Homer, Iliad 11.221 & 261; Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 4.36.4 & 5.19.4
- ^ Homer, Iliad 15.516
- ISBN 978-0-674-96785-4.
- ^ Homer, Iliad 4.87
- ^ a b Virgil, Aeneid 6.484
- ^ Homer, Iliad 11.59
- ^ Homer, Iliad 21.570
- Fabulae115
- ^ Homer, Iliad 20.474ff
- ^ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 10.27.1
- ^ 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, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. .
- 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, 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.
