Antenor
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(flourished 530510 ) Greek sculptor active in Athens. In antiquity he was famous for his bronze group of the Tyrannicides ( 510 ) made for the Athenian agora; the statues no longer exist. There were elements of motion and accurate anatomical detail in the work that mark the transition between the Archaic and Classical eras. A large marble kore ( 520 ) from the Acropolis, found in 1886, is also attributed to him and is considered one of the finest examples of late Archaic sculpture.
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Antēnor, one of the elders of Troy during the siege. He was in favour of restoring Helen to the Greeks, since she had been taken by treachery. It was said that the Greeks, recognizing his fairness, spared him and his family when the city was captured. Later legend made him out a traitor to the Trojans, telling the Greeks to steal the Palladium and build the Wooden Horse. Several stories were told of what happened to him after the Trojan War. One legend known to Livy, which may be as old as Sophocles' lost tragedy Antenoridae (‘sons of Antenor’), relates that Antenor led the Eneti, who had lost their king at Troy, from Paphlagonia to the head of the Adriatic Sea, where they settled in Venetia and founded the city of Patavium (Padua).
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Antenor, in Greek mythology, wise elder of Troy who urged that Helen be returned to Menelaus. The Greeks spared him and his family when they sacked Troy. A later myth portrays Antenor as a traitorous spy who opened the door of the wooden horse.
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Antenor (mythology)
This article is about the mythological figure. For the historical sculptor, see Antenor. For other uses, see Antenor (disambiguation).
In Greek mythology, Anthenor (Ancient Greek: Ἀντήνωρ) was a son of the Dardanian noble Aesyetes by Cleomestra, or, alternately, of Hicetaon. He is a counselor to Priam during the Trojan War.
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He was one of the wisest of the Trojan elders and counsellors. Antenor was husband of Theano, daughter of Cisseus of Thrace, who bore him numerous children, mostly sons, including Archelochus, Acamas, Glaucus, Helicaon, Laodocus, Coön, Polybus, Agenor, Iphidamas, Laodamas, Demoleon, Eurymachus, Hippolochus, Medon, Thersilochus (most of whom perished during the Trojan War), and at least one daughter, Crino.[1] He was also the father of a son Pedaeus, by an unknown woman.
As a counselor to Priam in the Trojan war, Antenor advised his fellow-townsmen to send Helen back to the Greeks. He proved to be friendly to the Greeks and an advocate of peace. In the later story (according to Dares and Dictys) he was said to have treacherously opened the gates of Troy to the enemy; in return for which, at the general sack of the city, his house, marked by a panther's skin at the door, was spared by the victors. Afterwards, according to various versions of the legend, he either rebuilt a city on the site of Troy, or settled at Cyrene, or became the founder of Patavium (currently Padua).[2]
Antenor in Literature
Antenor appears briefly in Homer's Iliad. In Book 3, he is present when Helen identifies for Priam each of the Greek warriors from the wall of Troy; when she describes Odysseus, Antenor criticizes her, saying how he entertained Odysseus and Menelaus and got to know both. In Book 7, as mentioned above, he advises the Trojans to give back Helen, but Paris refuses to yield.
In Geoffrey Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde, Antenor appears as a minor, non-speaking character who has been taken prisoner by the Greeks but is returned for them in exchange for Criseyde.
The circle Antenora is named after him in the poem Inferno from Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. It is located in Hell's Circle of Treachery which is reserved for traitors of cities, countries, and political parties.
Antenor was also the affectionate name given by the 17th century poet Katherine Phillips to her husband, the Parliamentarian James Phillips.
Modern references
The minor planet 2207 Antenor, discovered in 1977 by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh, is named after him.[3]
References
- ^ Greek Mythology Link (Carlos Parada) Antenor 1
- ^ Virgil. Aeneid, I, 242.
- ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (5th ed.). New York: Springer Verlag. p. 179. ISBN 3-540-00238-3. http://books.google.com/books?q=2207+Anthenor+QH1.
Sources
- Homer, Iliad III, 148, 203, 262; VII, 347.
- Horace, Epp. i. 2. 9.
- Livy, i. 1.
- Pindar, Pythia, v. 83.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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