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Antenor

Antenor, husband of Athena's priestess Theano, the sister of Hecuba, was a counselor of King Priam of Troy who advised peace and may have opened the walls to the Trojans, for which reason his house was spared.

Pronunciation: an-tee'-nor • (noun) See also:

Troy and the Trojan War

 

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