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

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]

Notes

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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:Achaeans (Homer)

Category:Characters in the Odyssey

Category:3rd-century BC Greek physicians

Category:Ancient Greek writers known only from secondary sources

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