Archenor
{{Short description|Ancient Greek mythological figure}}
Archenor or Acheinor ({{langx|grc|Ἀρχεήνωρ}}) was in Greek mythology one of the Niobids,Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae 11 and perhaps the same who is called by Ovid "Alphenor".Ovid, Metamorphoses 6.248
The names of the Niobids, however, differ very much in the different lists.
In commercial telegraph code, the word "Archenor" was used to signify "You must number your invoices".{{cite book | last =Guynes | first =Lelie Jasper | title =The Twentieth Century Telegraph Cipher Code | publisher =L. Graham & Son, Limited | date =1900 | pages =172 | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=ZKpLAAAAYAAJ | accessdate=2017-06-26}}
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References
- Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
- Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses translated by Brookes More (1859–1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0028 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
- Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses. Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0029 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
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