In Greek mythology, Agapenor (Ancient Greek: Ἀγαπήνωρ, gen. Ἀγαπήνορος means 'much distress'[1]) was a leader of the Arcadians in the Trojan War.[2]

Family

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Agapenor was a son of Ancaeus[3] and grandson of Lycurgus.

Mythology

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As king of the Arcadians, Agapenor received sixty ships from Agamemnon, in which he led his Arcadians to Troy.[4] He also occurs among the suitors of Helen[5] and one of the men to be in the Trojan Horse.[6]

On Agapenor's return from Troy he was cast by a storm on the coast of Cyprus, where he founded the town of Paphos and in it the famous temple of Aphrodite.[7]

Agapenor also occurs in the story of Alcmaeon: it was to him that Arsinoe (or Alphesiboea), Alcmaeon's wife was sold away by her own brothers.[8]

Agapenor had a descendant Laodice, who was known for having sent to Tegea a robe (peplos) as a gift to Athena Alea,[9] and to have built a temple of Aphrodite Paphia in Tegea.[10]

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  1. ^ Graves, Robert (2017). The Greek Myths - The Complete and Definitive Edition. Penguin Books Limited. pp. Index s.v. Agapenor. ISBN 9780241983386.
  2. ^ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867), "Agapenor", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston, p. 59, archived from the original on 2010-06-16, retrieved 2007-12-28{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ Apollodorus, 3.10.8; Pausanias, 8.5.2
  4. ^ Homer, Iliad 2.609; Hyginus, Fabulae 97
  5. ^ Apollodorus, 3.10.8; Hyginus, Fabulae 81
  6. ^ Homer, The Iliad translated by Richmond Lattimore, 1951
  7. ^ Pausanias, 8.5.2
  8. ^ Apollodorus, 3.7.5
  9. ^ Pausanias, 8.5.3
  10. ^ Pausanias, 8.53.7

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  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSmith, William, ed. (1870). "Agapenor". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.