Evenor

For the fantasy collection by George MacDonald, see Evenor (collection).

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

• Evenor, father of Cleito by Leucippe.^[1]
• Evenor, the "brazen-tasleted" Achaean warrior who participated in the Trojan War. He was from Dulichium and was slain by Paris during the siege of Troy.^[2]
• Evenor, a Trojan soldier who was killed by Neoptolemus during the Trojan War.^[3] The latter smote Evenor above the flank and drove the spear into his liver which resulted to his swift anguished death.^[4]
• Evenor, father of Leocritus^[5] and possibly, of Evenorides,^[6] both were Suitors of Penelope.

Historical figures

• 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]