Agenorides

Agenorides (Ancient Greek: Ἀγηνορίδης) is a patronymic of Agenor, designating a descendant of any one of the ancient Greeks who was named Agenor,[1] but usually used to describe only the descendants of Agenor, such as Cadmus,[2] Phineus,[3] and Perseus.[4]

Argive genealogy in Greek mythology

Argive genealogy in Greek mythology
InachusMelia
ZeusIoPhoroneus
EpaphusMemphis
LibyaPoseidon
BelusAchiroëAgenorTelephassa
DanausPieriaAegyptusCadmusCilixEuropaPhoenix
MantineusHypermnestraLynceusHarmoniaZeus
Polydorus
SpartaLacedaemonOcaleaAbasAgaveSarpedonRhadamanthus
Autonoë
EurydiceAcrisiusInoMinos
ZeusDanaëSemeleZeus
PerseusDionysus
Colour key:

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References

  1. ↑ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867), "Agenorides", in Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, 1, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, p. 68
  2. ↑ Ovid, Metamorphoses iii. 8, 81, 90; iv. 563
  3. ↑ Gaius Valerius Flaccus, iv. 582
  4. ↑ Ovid, Metamorphoses iv. 771

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "article name needed". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 

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