Evenor
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Evenor (Ancient Greek: {{lang|grc|Εὐήνωρ}} or Εὐήνορα Euenor means 'joy of men') is the name of a character from the myth of Atlantis and of several historical figures.
Mythological figures
- Evenor, father of Cleito by Leucippe.Plato, Critias [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text.jsp?doc=Plat.+Criti.+113c 113c]
- Evenor, the "brazen-tasleted" Achaean warrior who participated in the Trojan War. He was from Dulichium and was slain by Paris during the siege of Troy.Quintus Smyrnaeus, 1.274–275
- Evenor, a Trojan soldier who was killed by Neoptolemus during the Trojan War.Quintus Smyrnaeus, 11.33 The latter smote Evenor above the flank and drove the spear into his liver which resulted to his swift anguished death.Quintus Smyrnaeus, 11.33–35
- Evenor, father of LeocritusHomer, Odyssey 2.242; Apollodorus, Epitome 7.29 and possibly, of Evenorides,Apollodorus, Epitome 7.29 both were Suitors of Penelope.
Historical figures
- Evenor, a Greek painter who flourished around 420 BC, the father and teacher of the better-known painter Parrhasius of Ephesus.{{cite encyclopedia |author=Philip Smith |editor=William Smith |encyclopedia=Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology |title=Evenor |url=http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/1192.html |accessdate=2007-11-30 |year=1867 |volume=2 |pages=84 |publisher=Little, Brown and Company |location=Boston |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070907205940/http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/1192.html |archivedate=2007-09-07 }}
- Evenor, a Greek surgeon and medical author who lived in or before the 3rd century BC and apparently wrote about fractures and joint dislocations; if he is the same as an Evenor quoted by Pliny the Elder, he also wrote about the medicinal properties of plants.{{cite encyclopedia |author=William Alexander Greenhill |editor=William Smith |encyclopedia=Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology |title=Evenor |url=http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/1192.html |accessdate=2007-11-30 |year=1867 |volume=2 |pages=84 |publisher=Little, Brown and Company |location=Boston |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070907205940/http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/1192.html |archivedate=2007-09-07 }}Pliny the Elder, Natural History [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text.jsp?doc=Plin.+Nat.+20.73 20.73], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text.jsp?doc=Plin.+Nat.+21.105 21.105]
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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. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
- Homer, The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. {{ISBN|978-0674995611|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0136 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0135 Greek text available from the same website].
- Pliny the Elder, The Natural History. John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S. H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A. London. Taylor and Francis, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street. 1855. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0137 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
- Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia. Karl Friedrich Theodor Mayhoff. Lipsiae. Teubner. 1906. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0138 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.]
- Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy translated by Way. A. S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 19. London: William Heinemann, 1913. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/QuintusSmyrnaeus1.html Online version at theoi.com]
- Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy. Arthur S. Way. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1913. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0490 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
Category:Characters in the Odyssey
Category:3rd-century BC Greek physicians
Category:Ancient Greek writers known only from secondary sources
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