Elephenor
In Greek mythology, Elephenor /ˌɛlɪˈfiːnər, -ˌnɔːr/[1] (Greek: Ἐλεφήνωρ, -ορος Elephḗnōr, -oros) was the king of the Abantes of Euboea.
Family
Elephenor was the son of Chalcodon by either Imenarete, Melanippe[2] or Alcyone.[3]
Mythology
Elephenor received the sons of Theseus of Athens, Acamas and Demophon, when they fled from the usurper Menestheus.[4][5] One source states that he unwittingly killed his grandfather Abas and was expelled from Euboea; because of that, he had to assemble his troops before the Trojan expedition on a rock of the Euripus Strait opposite Euboea.[2]
Trojan War
Elephenor was a suitor of Helen[6] and the leader of the Euboean force of thirty or forty ships which joined the Greek expedition to Troy.[3][7][8] On the day the truce was broken by Pandarus, he was killed by Agenor whilst trying to drag off the body of Echepolus.[9]
The Return
On their way home, Elephonor's men were driven off course and shipwrecked off the coast of
Notes
- ^ Gardner, Dorsey; Porter, Noah, eds. (1884). A Practical Dictionary of the English Language. New York: Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co. p. 553.
- ^ Tzetzes on Lycophron, 1034
- ^ a b Apollodorus, Epitome 3.11
- ^ Pausanias, 1.17.6
- ^ Plutarch, Theseus 35.3
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.10.8
- ^ Homer, Iliad 2.540
- Hyginus, Fabulae 97
- ^ Homer, Iliad 4.463–470
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.
- Gaius Julius 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.
- Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. .
- Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus, Lives with an English Translation by Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. 1. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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