Agapénor

In the Greek Mythology, Agapénor (in Greek old Αγαπήνωρ/ Agapếnôr ), wire of Ancée and Iotis, is king of Arcadie.

According to the Pseudo-Apollodore and Hygin, it belongs to the applicants of Helene. It is quoted by Homère in the Catalog of the vessels: it takes along towards Troy “a great number of quarrelsome Arcadiens”, on 60 naves which are given to him by Agamemnon. Its name does not appear then in the accounts of engagements, but it is quoted by Quintus of Smyrna among the warriors taking seat in the Trojan horse.

Pausanias brings back the account of its return of Troy: the storm throws Arcadiens on the island of Cyprus, where Agapénor founds the town of Paphos and dedicates a temple to Aphrodite, founding the worship of the goddess on the island.

Sources

  • (III, 10,8);

  • (II, 609);
  • (LXXXI);
  • (VIII, 5,2);
  • (XII).

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