Agenor, son of Triopas

Agenor, son of Triopas

Agenor (Gr. polytonic|Ἀγήνωρ) was the son and successor of Triopas, in the kingdom of Argos.Citation | last = Schmitz | first = Leonhard | author-link = | contribution = Agenor (3) | editor-last = Smith | editor-first = William | title = Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology | volume = 1 | pages = 68 | publisher = Little, Brown and Company | place = Boston | year = 1867 | contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0077.html ] He belonged to the house of Phoroneus, and was father of Crotopus. He was also said to have been the brother of Jasus, Anthus and Pelasgus. [Pausanias, "Description of Greece" ii. 16. § 1] [Hyginus, "Fabulae" 145]

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