Antenor

Antenor appears within the Homeric Trojan War cycle as a member of Troy's aristocracy and an experienced counsellor. The sources present him as a mortal son of Trojan lineage who holds a seat among the elders and participates in the civic practices of council and hospitality. Later literary and historical traditions continue to cast him in the same social role, sometimes attaching legendary afterlives (e.g., foundation legends) that are fragmentary and uncertain in the cited sources.

The supplied sources offer no sustained physical description. In Homeric and later literary passages Antenor is represented visually as an aged or mature Trojan noble participating in councils and hosting envoys; specific attributes of clothing, stature, or facial features are not given in the cited texts.

Antenor's influence is social and rhetorical rather than supernatural. His primary capacities are skilled speech, persuasive counsel, and recognized authority among Trojan elders. He receives envoys in his house (exercising xenia) and speaks publicly in assemblies, notably urging conciliation and the return of Helen. He interacts with kings (Priam), envoys (Odysseus and Menelaus), priests, and other Trojan aristocrats; his 'power' is the respect accorded to his opinion in political deliberation.