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.

Mythological figures

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Historical figures

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  • 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]

Notes

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  1. ^ Plato, Critias 113c
  2. ^ Quintus Smyrnaeus, 1.274–275
  3. ^ Quintus Smyrnaeus, 11.33
  4. ^ Quintus Smyrnaeus, 11.33–35
  5. ^ Homer, Odyssey 2.242; Apollodorus, Epitome 7.29
  6. ^ Apollodorus, Epitome 7.29
  7. ^ Philip Smith (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.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Pliny the Elder, Natural History 20.73, 21.105

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