Stentor
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In Greek mythology, Stentor (Template:LangxLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.[dead link]) was a herald of the Greek forces during the Trojan War.
Mythology
Stentor is mentioned briefly in Homer's Iliad in which Hera, in the guise of Stentor, whose "voice was as powerful as fifty voices of other men",[1] encourages the Greeks to fight.
Elsewhere, Stentor is said to have died after challenging Hermes to a shouting contest and losing.[2] This explains why Stentor disappears from the rest of the poem.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
Stentor's story is the origin of the term "stentorian", meaning loud-voiced, for which he was famous. Aristotle uses the concept in his Politics Book 7, Chapter IV saying, "For who can be the general of such a vast multitude, or who the herald, unless he have the voice of a Stentor?"
See also
References
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Bibliography
- Homer, Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, 1924. Template:ISBN. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. Template:ISBN. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Nünlist, René (1 October 2006). "Stentor". In Cancik, Hubert; Schneider, Helmuth (eds.). Brill's New Pauly. Translated by Christine F. Salazar. Basle: Brill Reference Online. ISSN 1574-9347. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
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