Evenor (

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: Euenor means "joy of men") was the

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father of Cleito by

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'', a work of the Greek philosopher

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, a man named Evenor is described as the ancestor of the kings who ruled the legendary island of

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. According to the account given by Plato's character

, Evenor was among the original inhabitants of Atlantis born from the earth (autochthons). He lived with his wife Leucippe on a low hill in the centre of the island, about fifty stadia from the sea. The couple had one daughter, Cleito. When the maiden reached marriageable age, her parents died, but the god

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slept with her and she became mother of five pairs of twin sons. Her oldest son,

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, became the first king of Atlantis, with the other sons as subordinate governors.

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References

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'' in ''Plato in Twelve Volumes'', Vol. 9 translated by W.R.M. Lamb. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1925
Online version at the Perseus Digital LibraryGreek text available at the same website.
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