Evenor (
Ancient Greek: Εὐήνωρ or Εὐήνορα Euenor means 'joy of men') is the name of a character from the myth of
Atlantis and of several historical figures.
Evenor, the "brazen-tasleted"
Achaean warrior who participated in the
Trojan War. He was from
Dulichium and was slain by
Paris during the siege of
Troy.[2]
Evenor, a
Trojan soldier who was killed by
Neoptolemus during the Trojan War.[3] The latter smote Evenor above the flank and drove the spear into his liver which resulted to his swift anguished death.[4]
Evenor, a
Greek painter who flourished around 420 BC, the father and teacher of the better-known painter
Parrhasius of
Ephesus.[7]
Evenor, a Greek
surgeon and medical author who lived in or before the 3rd century BC and apparently wrote about fractures and
joint dislocations; if he is the same as an Evenor quoted by
Pliny the Elder, he also wrote about the medicinal properties of plants.[8][9]
^William Alexander Greenhill (1867).
"Evenor". In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 2. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 84. Archived from
the original on 2007-09-07. Retrieved 2007-11-30.
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