What is "agenor"

Agénor is both a masculine French given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

• Agénor Bardoux (1829–1897), French politician
• Agénor de Gasparin (1810–1871), French politician and writer
• Agénor Azéma de Montgravier (1805–1863), French archaeologist and soldier
• Ronald Agénor (born 1964), Haitian tennis player

Agenor is the name of a number of individuals in Greek mythology and history:

• Agenor, a Phoenician king of Tyre
• Agenor, son of Antenor, a character in Homer's Iliad
• Agenor of Argos, son of either Iasus, Triopas, or Phoroneus
• Agenor (son of Pleuron), and grandson of Aetolus
• Agenor, son of Phegeus, murderer of Alcmaeon
• Agenor, one of the Niobids

In Greek mythology, Agenor was a son of Pleuron and Xanthippe, and grandson of Aetolus. Epicaste, the daughter of Calydon, became by him the mother of Porthaon and Demonice. According to Pausanias, Thestius, the father of Leda, is likewise a son of this Agenor.