Rhexenor

In Greek mythology, Rhexenor (Ancient Greek: Ῥηξήνωρ means "breaking armed ranks") may refer to the following figures:[1]

Rhexenor, the father of Chalciope, who was the second wife of King Aegeus of Athens.[2]
Rhexenor, the son of Nausithous, and the brother of King Alcinous of the Phaeacians. Alcinous married Rhexenor's daughter Arete. Apollo killed Rhexenor in his hall while he was still a bridegroom and with no son.[3]
Rhexenor, one of Diomedes' followers who, returning from the Trojan War, were transformed into swan-like birds.[4]

Notes

Parada, svv. Rhexenor 1, Rhexenor 2, and Rhexenor 3; Smith, s.v. Rhexenor.
Apollodorus, 3.15.6.
Tripp, s.v. Rhexenor; Homer, Odyssey 7.63-65

Ovid, Metamorphoses 14.504–509.

References

Homer, The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
Apollodorus, Apollodorus, The Library, with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
Ovid, Metamorphoses, Brookes More, Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
Parada, Carlos, Genealogical Guide to Greek Mythology, Jonsered, Paul Åströms Förlag, 1993. ISBN 978-91-7081-062-6.
Smith, William; Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London (1873). Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
Tripp, Edward, Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology, Thomas Y. Crowell Co; First edition (June 1970). ISBN 069022608X.

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