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[756] ἀγαν́ηνορα, an epithet which recurs only in “8.114, 15.392, 23.113, 124,” Od. 7.170, and is applied only to heroes of the second rank. It is commonly explained as “ἀγαπῶν ἠνορέην”, loving valour, i.e. valorous. But this is improbable, as the second part of the compound can only represent “ἀνέρα”（“ς”) not “ἠνορέην”. The primitive sense of “ἀγαπάζειν” and “ἀγαπᾶν”, as found in H., is to caress, to shew the outward signs of affection. The word therefore means much the same as “φιλόξεινος”, ‘shewing all external kindliness to his fellow-men,’ cf. Od. 7.33 of the Phaiakians, “οὐδ᾽ ἀγαπαζόμενοι φιλέουσ᾽ ὅς κ᾽ ἄλλοθεν ἔλθηι”.

The Iliad, edited, with apparatus criticus, prolegomena, notes, and appendices. Walter Leaf. London. Macmillan. 1900.

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