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Bienor (mythology)

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In Greek mythology, the name Bienor (Ancient Greek: Βιήνωρ) or Bianor (Βιάνωρ) may refer to:

  • Bienor, a Centaur at the wedding of Pirithous and Hippodamia, killed by Theseus in the ensuing battle.[1]
  • Bienor, a defender of Troy killed by Agamemnon.[2]
  • Bienor, son of Pyrnus, a soldier in the army of Cyzicus killed in the battle against the Argonauts.[3]
  • Bianor (or Ocnus), son of Manto (either the daughter of Tiresias, or of Heracles) and the river god Tuscus or Tiberis, founder of Mantua which he named after his mother.[4]

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  1. Ovid, Metamorphoses 12. 345
  2. Homer, Iliad 11. 92
  3. Valerius Flaccus, 3.112
  4. Servius on Virgil, Eclogues 9.60; on Aeneid 10.198

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