Hyperenor
In Greek mythology, the name Hyperenor (/ˌhɪpəˈriːnɔːr/;[1] Ancient Greek: Ὺπερήνωρ, lit. 'overbearing, over-weening, violent')[2] may refer to:
- Hyperenor, one of the five surviving Spartoi or men that grew forth from the dragon's teeth which Cadmus sowed at Thebes. The other four surviving Spartoi were Chthonius, Udaeus, Pelorus, and Echion.[3] He was worshipped as a hero at Thebes.[4]
- Hyperenor, son of Poseidon and Alcyone, brother of Hyrieus and Aethusa.[5] See also Hyperes.
- Hyperenor, a warrior in the army of the Seven against Thebes and was killed by Haemon.[6]
- Hyperenor, a Trojan, son of Panthous and Phrontis, thus brother of Euphorbus; said to have been married, without mention of his wife's name. Was killed by Menelaus.[7] His death is a subject of a subsequent conversation between Menelaus and Euphorbus.[8]
- Hyperenor, one of the Suitors of Penelope who came from Same along with other 22 wooers.[9] He, with the other suitors, was shot dead by Odysseus with the aid of Eumaeus, Philoetius, and Telemachus.[10]
Notes
- ^ Gardner, Dorsey (1887). Webster's Condensed Dictionary. George Routledge and Sons. p. 733. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ Montanari, p. 2202.
- ^ Scholia ad Euripides, Phoenissae 670, ad Apollonius Rhodius, 3.1179-1187; Apollodorus, 3.4.1; Pausanias, 9.5.3; Hyginus, Fabulae 178; Tzetzes, Chiliades 10.438-439
- ^ A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, Hyperenor
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.10.1
- ^ Statius, Thebaid 8.493
- ^ Homer, Iliad 14.516
- ^ Homer, Iliad 17.24 - 41
- ^ Apollodorus, Epitome 7.28
- ^ Apollodorus, Epitome 7.33
References
- Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. ISBN 978-0674995796. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. ISBN 978-0198145318. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Montanari, Franco, The Brill Dictionary of Ancient Greek, edited by Madeleine Goh and Chad Schroeder, Leiden, Brill, 2015. ISBN 9789004193185.
- Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Papinius Statius, The Thebaid translated by John Henry Mozley. Loeb Classical Library Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Publius Papinius Statius, The Thebaid. Vol I-II. John Henry Mozley. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1928. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.