Evagoras (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Evagoras or Euagoras (Ancient Greek: Εὐαγόρας) may refer to the following personages:
- Evagoras, a prince of Pylos and son of King Neleus by Chloris, daughter of Amphion.[1] He was the brother to Pero, Taurus, Asterius, Pylaon, Deimachus, Eurybius, Epilaus, Phrasius, Eurymenes, Alastor, Nestor and Periclymenus.[2] Along with his father and other brothers, except Nestor, he was killed by Heracles during the sack of Pylos.[3]
- Evagoras, a Trojan prince was one of the children of King Priam of Troy by another woman.[4][5]
Notes[]
- ^ Homer, Odyssey 11.284
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1.9.9
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2.7.3
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.12.5
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 90
References[]
- 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 Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Pseudo-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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
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