Agapenor Explained

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

Family

Agapenor was a son of Ancaeus^[2] and grandson of Lycurgus.

Mythology

As king of the Arcadians, Agapenor received sixty ships from Agamemnon, in which he led his Arcadians to Troy.^[3] He also occurs among the suitors of Helen^[4] and one of the men to be in the Trojan Horse.^[5]

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.^[6]

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.^[7]

Agapenor had a descendant Laodice, who was known for having sent to Tegea a robe (peplos) as a gift to Athena Alea,^[8] and to have built a temple of Aphrodite Paphia in Tegea.^[9]

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. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Graves, Robert, The Greek Myths, Harmondsworth, London, England, Penguin Books, 1960.
• Graves, Robert, The Greek Myths: The Complete and Definitive Edition. Penguin Books Limited. 2017.
• Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
• Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

Notes and References

1. Book: [[Robert Graves|Graves, Robert]]. The Greek Myths - The Complete and Definitive Edition. Penguin Books Limited. 2017. 9780241983386. Index s.v. Agapenor.
2. [Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]
3. [Homer]
4. Apollodorus, 3.10.8; Hyginus, Fabulae 81
5. Homer, The Iliad translated by Richmond Lattimore, 1951
6. Pausanias, 8.5.2
7. Apollodorus, 3.7.5
8. Pausanias, 8.5.3
9. Pausanias, 8.53.7