Ancient Greek mythological figure from the Iliad
In Greek mythology , Agapenor (Ancient Greek : Ἀγαπήνωρ , gen. Ἀγαπήνορος means 'much distress'[1] ) was a leader of the Arcadians in the Trojan war .[2]
Family
Agapenor was a son of Ancaeus , 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] He also occurs in the story of Alcmaeon : it was to him that Arsinoe (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]
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Smith, William , ed. (1870). "Agapenor". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology .