Antenor
Role: sculptor · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 8
In Book 1, Chapter 8, Antenor is named as the maker of the oldest statues of Harmodius and Aristogiton. In Book 4, Chapter 36, Iphidimas is identified as Antenor’s son.
In Book 10, Chapter 26, Menelaus and Odysseus are said to have been entertained by Antenor, and Helicaon is identified as his son. In Chapter 27, Antenor’s wife is Theano, who is shown with their sons Glaucus and Eurymachus; Antenor is also shown with his daughter Crino.
Relationship record
Book 1 · Chapter 8
- with Harmodius (Antenor made the oldest statues of Harmodius and Aristogiton.) “And of these statues some are by Critias, but the oldest ones by Antenor.”
- with Aristogiton (Antenor made the oldest statues of Harmodius and Aristogiton.) “And of these statues some are by Critias, but the oldest ones by Antenor.”
Book 4 · Chapter 36
- child: Iphidimas “Homer in the Iliad has represented Iphidimas, the son of Antenor, giving 100 oxen as the first wedding present to his father in law.”
Book 10 · Chapter 26
- child: Helicaon “Laodice was the wife of Antenor’s son Helicaon”
- with Menelaus (Antenor entertained Menelaus.) “Homer has represented in the Iliad that Menelaus and Odysseus were entertained by Antenor”
- with Odysseus (Antenor entertained Odysseus.) “Homer has represented in the Iliad that Menelaus and Odysseus were entertained by Antenor”
Book 10 · Chapter 27
- married with Theano “Theano, Antenor’s wife,”
- child: Glaucus (son of Antenor) “And Theano, Antenor’s wife, is painted with her sons, Glaucus seated on his armour,”
- child: Eurymachus “And Theano, Antenor’s wife, is painted with her sons, Glaucus seated on his armour, and Eurymachus seated on a stone.”
- child: Crino “Near him stands Antenor with his daughter Crino,”
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