Gelanor

Role: son of Sthenelas · First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 16

In Book 2, Chapter 16, Danaus sailed against Gelanor, son of Sthenelas, and expelled him and the descendants of Agenor from the kingdom. In Chapter 19, at Argos, Gelanor and Danaus competed for the kingdom; after the people took the wolf’s victory over the bull as an omen, Danaus won it.

Relationship record

Life events

• Danaus expelled Gelanor and the descendants of Agenor from the kingdom.(Book 2 · Chapter 16)
  • With: Danaus
  • “And Danaus sailed from Egypt against Gelanor the son of Sthenelas, and expelled from the kingdom the descendants of Agenor.”
• Danaus won the kingdom after the people interpreted the wolf's victory as an omen.(Book 2 · Chapter 19 · 📍 Argos)
  • With: Danaus
  • “And as the wolf mastered the bull, so Danaus got the kingdom.”

Book 2 · Chapter 16

• parent: Sthenelas “Danaus sailed from Egypt against Gelanor the son of Sthenelas”
• enemies with Danaus “And Danaus sailed from Egypt against Gelanor the son of Sthenelas, and expelled from the kingdom the descendants of Agenor.”

Book 2 · Chapter 19

• rivals with Danaus (Danaus and Gelanor competed for the kingdom of Argos.) “When he came to Argos, he and Gelanor the son of Sthenelas were rival competitors for the kingdom.”
• parent: Sthenelas (Sthenelas is Gelanor's father.) “Gelanor the son of Sthenelas”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.