Antenor (writer)

Antenor (Ancient Greek: Ἀντήνωρ) was a Greek writer of uncertain date, wrote a work upon the history of Crete, which on account of its excellence was called Delta (Δέλτα), inasmuch as, says Ptolemy Hephaestion,[1] the Cretans called that which is good Delton (Δέλτον).[2][3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Ptolemy Hephaestion, ap. Phot. Cod. 190, p. 151, b. Bekk.
  2. ↑ Claudius Aelianus, H. N. xvii. 35
  3. ↑ Plutarch, On the Malice of Herodotus c. 32.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William (1870). "Antenor". In Smith, William. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 1. p. 183.

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