Agenorides

Summary

Agenorides (Ancient Greek: Ἀγηνορίδης) is a patronymic of Agenor, designating a descendant of any one of the ancient Greeks who was named Agenor,[1] but usually used to describe only the descendants of Agenor, such as Cadmus,[2] Phineus,[3] and Perseus.[4]

Argive genealogy in Greek mythology edit

Argive genealogy in Greek mythology
InachusMelia
ZeusIoPhoroneus
EpaphusMemphis
LibyaPoseidon
BelusAchiroëAgenorTelephassa
DanausElephantisAegyptusCadmusCilixEuropaPhoenix
MantineusHypermnestraLynceusHarmoniaZeus
Polydorus
SpartaLacedaemonOcaleaAbasAgaveSarpedonRhadamanthus
Autonoë
EurydiceAcrisiusInoMinos
ZeusDanaëSemeleZeus
PerseusDionysus
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References edit

  1. ^ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867), "Agenorides", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, p. 68, archived from the original on 2013-10-12, retrieved 2008-05-17
  2. ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses iii. 8, 81, 90; iv. 563
  3. ^ Gaius Valerius Flaccus, iv. 582
  4. ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses iv. 771

  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSmith, William, ed. (1870). "Agenorides". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.