Agenorides

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Agenorides (Gr. Ἀγηνορίδης) is a patronymic of Agenor, designating a descendant of any one of the ancient Greeks who was named Agenor,[1] such as Cadmus,[2] Phineus,[3] and Perseus.[4]

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  1. ^ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867), “Agenorides”, in Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, pp. 68 
  2. ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses iii. 8, 81, 90; iv. 563
  3. ^ Gaius Valerius Flaccus, iv. 582
  4. ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses iv. 771