Agenor (son of Antenor)

Agenor ( Greek  Ἀγήνωρ ) is a figure in Greek mythology .

Agenor was, according to Homer's Iliad, a son of Antenor and Theano and took part in the Trojan War as one of the bravest Trojans . He fought with Elephenor , the leader of the Abanten tribe , and killed him, as well as the Klonios . During the storming of the Greek entrenchments, he led the second column with Paris and Alkathoos , bandaged up the wounded Helenus and hurried with other Trojans to help Hector , who had been struck down by Aias . Encouraged by Apollo , he even dared to challenge the Greek hero Achilles to battle so that the fleeing Trojans could escape to their city. However, he was unable to wound Achilles, only hit his greaves. Achilles stormed angrily at him, then Apollo enveloped him in a cloud, took on his own form and lured Achilles away from the gates until the Trojans and the real Agenor had withdrawn into the city.

Quintus Smyrnaeus also attributes many heroic deeds to Agenor; accordingly he killed numerous Greek fighters. According to the Little Iliad , he wounded Lycomedes and fell from the hand of Neoptolemus himself . He was depicted in a famous painting by Polygnot in the Lesche at Delphi .

literature

• Georg Ferdinand Dümmler : Agenor 1, i . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, Col. 773-775.
• Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Agenor 9 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 104 ( digitized version ).

Remarks

1. ↑ Homer, Iliad 6:298; 11, 59.
2. ↑ Homer, Iliad 4:467; Tzetzes , Homerica 38.
3. ↑ Homer, Iliad 15,340; Hyginus , Fabulae 115.
4. ^ Homer, Iliad 12:93.
5. ↑ Homer, Iliad 13, 598ff.
6. ↑ Homer, Iliad 14,425.
7. ↑ Homer, Iliad 21: 544-611.
8. ↑ Quintus Smyrnaeus, Posthomerica 3, 214; 6, 624; 8, 310; 11.86; 11, 188ff .; 11, 349.
9. ↑ Fragment of the Little Iliad in Pausanias , Description of Greece 10, 25, 6.
10. ↑ Fragment of the Little Iliad in Pausanias, Description of Greece 10, 27, 2; Quintus Smyrnaeus, Posthomerica 13, 217.
11. ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece 10, 25, 6.