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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