Evenor (
Ancient Greek: or Εὐήνορα ''Euenor'' means 'joy of men') is the name of a character from the myth of
Atlantis and of several historical figures.
''Mythological''
*
Evenor, father of
Cleito
''Critias'' (; el, Κριτίας), one of Plato's late Socratic dialogue, dialogues, recounts the story of the mighty island kingdom Atlantis and its attempt to conquer Athens, which failed due to the ordered society of the Athenians. ''Critias ...
by
Leucippe.
*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.
*Evenor, a
Trojan soldier who was killed by
Neoptolemus during the Trojan War. The latter smote Evenor above the flank and drove the spear into his liver which resulted to his swift anguished death.
*Evenor, father of
Leocritus and possibly, of
Evenorides
In Greek mythology, Evenorides (Ancient Greek: Εὐηνορίδης means "son of Evenor") may refer to two Suitors of Penelope.
* Evenorides, from Dulichium, came with other 56 wooers.
* Evenorides, from Zacynthus, came with other 43 wooers.Apol ...
, both were
Suitors of
Penelope.
''Historical''
* Evenor, a
Greek painter who flourished around 420 BC, the father and teacher of the better-known painter
Parrhasius of
Ephesus
Ephesus (; grc-gre, Ἔφεσος, Éphesos; tr, Efes; may ultimately derive from hit, 𒀀𒉺𒊭, Apaša) was a city in ancient Greece on the coast of Ionia, southwest of present-day Selçuk in İzmir Province, Turkey. It was built in t ...
.
* Evenor, a Greek
surgeon
In modern medicine, a surgeon is a medical professional who performs surgery. Although there are different traditions in different times and places, a modern surgeon usually is also a licensed physician or received the same medical training as ...
and medical author who lived in or before the 3rd century BC and apparently wrote about fractures and
joint dislocation
A joint dislocation, also called luxation, occurs when there is an abnormal separation in the joint, where two or more bones meet.Dislocations. Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford. Retrieved 3 March 2013 A partial dislocation is refer ...
s; if he is the same as an Evenor quoted by
Pliny the Elder, he also wrote about the medicinal properties of plants.
[ Pliny the Elder, '' Natural History']
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Notes
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
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.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.
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.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
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
* Pliny the Elder, ''Naturalis Historia.'' Karl Friedrich Theodor Mayhoff. Lipsiae. Teubner. 1906
Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
* Quintus Smyrnaeus
Quintus Smyrnaeus (also Quintus of Smyrna; el, Κόϊντος Σμυρναῖος, ''Kointos Smyrnaios'') was a Greek epic poet whose ''Posthomerica'', following "after Homer", continues the narration of the Trojan War. The dates of Quintus Smy ...
, ''The Fall of Troy'' translated by Way. A. S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 19. London: William Heinemann, 1913
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
Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library
Achaeans (Homer)
Characters in the Odyssey
3rd-century BC Greek physicians
Ancient Greek writers known only from secondary sources
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