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 (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 1. p. 183.