In Greek mythology , Agapenor ( Ancient Greek : Ἀγαπήνωρ , gen. Ἀγαπήνορος means 'much distress') was a leader of the Arcadians in the Trojan war .
4-517: 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 . He also occurs among the suitors of Helen and one of the men to be in the Trojan Horse . 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
8-486: A publication now in the public domain : Smith, William , ed. (1870). "Agapenor". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology . This Cyprus -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article relating to Greek mythology is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ancaeus (son of Lycurgus) In Greek mythology , Ancaeus ( / æ n ˈ s iː ə s / ; Ancient Greek : Ἀγκαῖος Ankaîos )
12-488: The famous temple of Aphrodite . Agapenor also occurs in the story of Alcmaeon : it was to him that Arsinoe (or Alphesiboea ), Alcmaeon's wife was sold away by her own brothers. Agapenor had a descendant Laodice , who was known for having sent to Tegea a robe (peplos) as a gift to Athena Alea , and to have built a temple of Aphrodite Paphia in Tegea. [REDACTED] This article incorporates text from
16-603: Was both an Argonaut and a participant in the Calydonian Boar hunt, in which he met his end. Ancaeus was the son of King Lycurgus of Arcadia either by Cleophyle or Eurynome or Antinoe . Ancaeus married Iotis and became the father of Agapenor who led the Arcadian forces during the Trojan War . Ancaeus' arms were ominously hidden at home, but he set forth, dressed in a bearskin and armed only with
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