InGreek mythology, Agapenor (Ancient Greek: Ἀγαπήνωρ, gen. Ἀγαπήνορος means 'much distress'[1]) was a leader of the Arcadians in the Trojan war.[2]
Agapenor was a son of Ancaeus, and grandson of Lycurgus.
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.
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