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ANTAGORAS (Ἀνταγόρης, ὁ)

CHRISTOPHER BARON

University of Notre Dame

Patronymic, father of HEGETORIDES, from the island of COS. His son is described as a close guest‐friend of the Spartan regent PAUSANIAS (9.76.2). Nothing more is known of Antagoras. He shared his name with the son of the legendary Coan king Eurypylus (Hom. Il. 2.677); the mythical Antagoras foolishly challenged a shipwrecked HERACLES to a wrestling match and lost (Plut. Mor. 304c–e; Gantz, EGM 444). Today, one can find on Cos a (modern) statue of Heracles and Antagoras wrestling, as well as a sports complex named after Antagoras.