Greek mythology A major branch of classical mythology, Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks, and a genre of Ancient Greek folklore. These stories concern the origin and nature of the world, the lives and activities o ...

, Prothoenor (

Ancient Greek Ancient Greek includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Dark Ages (), the Archaic pe ...

: Προθοήνωρ) was one of the

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leaders in the

Trojan War In Greek mythology, the Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans ( Greeks) after Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband Menelaus, king of Sparta. The war is one of the most important events in Greek mythology and ...

, from Thespiae in

Boeotia Boeotia ( ), sometimes Latinized as Boiotia or Beotia ( el, Βοιωτία; modern: ; ancient: ), formerly known as Cadmeis, is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Central Greece. Its capital is Livadeia, and its ...

, son of

Areilycus In Greek mythology, Areilycus ( grc, Ἀρηίλυκος) was the name of two mythical personages in Homer's '' Iliad'' * Areilycus, one was the father of Archesilaus and Prothoenor. He is more commonly known as Archilycus. * Areilycus, son of ...

( Archilycus) and Theobule, brother of

Arcesilaus Arcesilaus (; grc-gre, Ἀρκεσίλαος; 316/5–241/0 BC) was a Greek Hellenistic philosopher. He was the founder of Academic Skepticism and what is variously called the Second or Middle or New Academy – the phase of the Platonic Acad ...

; he commanded eight ships. In one account, Prothoenor was the son of

Alector Alector (; Ancient Greek: Ἀλέκτωρ) refers to more than one person in classical mythology and history: *Alector, son of Magnes and Meliboea, eponyms of Magnesia and the town of Meliboea respectively. *Alector, the Boeotian father of Leit ...

and

Arteis In Greek mythology, Arteϊs ( Ancient Greek: Άρτηἶδοζ) was the mother by Alector of Prothoenor. The latter was one of the Boeotian leaders in the Trojan War. Otherwise, the parents of Prothoenor were Theobule and Archilycus, son of Itonus.H ...

, and thus a half-brother of

Leitus In Greek mythology, Leitus (; Ancient Greek: Λήϊτος ''Leϊtos'') was a leader of the Boeotians and admiral of 12 ships which sailed against Troy.Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' 97 Family Leitus was the son of Alector ( Alectryon) and Polybule or of ...

and Clonius. According to the ''

Iliad The ''Iliad'' (; grc, Ἰλιάς, Iliás, ; "a poem about Ilium") is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. As with the ''Ody ...

'', he was killed by Polydamas, who immediately began to boast about it.Homer, ''Iliad'' 14.450-455

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Diodorus Siculus Diodorus Siculus, or Diodorus of Sicily ( grc-gre, Διόδωρος ; 1st century BC), was an ancient Greek historian. He is known for writing the monumental universal history '' Bibliotheca historica'', in forty books, fifteen of which ...

, ''The Library of History'' translated by

Charles Henry Oldfather Charles Henry Oldfather (13 June 1887 – 20 August 1954) was an American professor of history of the ancient world, specifically at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He was born in Tabriz, Persia. Parentage Oldfather's parents, Jeremiah and Fe ...

. Twelve volumes.

Loeb Classical Library The Loeb Classical Library (LCL; named after James Loeb; , ) is a series of books originally published by Heinemann in London, but is currently published by Harvard University Press. The library contains important works of ancient Greek and ...

. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8
Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
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Gaius Julius Hyginus Gaius Julius Hyginus (; 64 BC – AD 17) was a Latin author, a pupil of the scholar Alexander Polyhistor, and a freedman of Caesar Augustus. He was elected superintendent of the Palatine library by Augustus according to Suetonius' ''De Gramma ...

, ''Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies
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Homer Homer (; grc, Ὅμηρος , ''Hómēros'') (born ) was a Greek poet who is credited as the author of the ''Iliad'' and the ''Odyssey'', two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature. Homer is considered one of the ...

, ''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.
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* Homer, ''Homeri Opera'' in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920.
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* Tzetzes, John, ''Allegories of the Iliad'' translated by Goldwyn, Adam J. and Kokkini, Dimitra. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, Harvard University Press, 2015. Achaean Leaders Boeotian characters in Greek mythology {{Greek-myth-stub