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{{Short description|Herald of the Greek forces during the Trojan War}}
{{other uses|Stentor (disambiguation)}}
{{distinguish|Stenter}}
{{use dmy dates|date=April 2024}}

In [[Greek mythology]], '''Stentor''' ({{langx|grc|Στέντωρ|Sténtōr|roarer}}{{sfn|Nünlist|2006|loc=para. 1}}{{dead link|date=October 2025}}) 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",<ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' 5.785-6</ref> encourages the Greeks to fight. 

Elsewhere, Stentor is said to have died after challenging [[Hermes]] to a shouting contest and losing.<ref>[[Scholia]] on ''Iliad'' 5.785; [[Eustathius of Thessalonica|Eustathius]] on Homer, ''Iliad'' 607.29</ref> This explains why Stentor disappears from the rest of the poem.{{sfn|Nünlist|2006|loc=para. 1}}

Stentor's story is the origin of the term "[[:wiktionary:stentorian|stentorian]]", meaning loud-voiced, for which he was famous. [[Aristotle]] uses the concept in his ''[[Politics (Aristotle)|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==
*[[List of Trojan War characters]]

==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. {{ISBN|978-0674995796|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0134 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
* Homer, ''Homeri Opera'' in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. {{ISBN|978-0198145318|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0133 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* {{cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia = [[Brill's New Pauly]] | publisher = Brill Reference Online | url = https://referenceworks.brill.com/display/entries/NPOE//e1122140.xml | last = Nünlist | first = René | location = Basle | title = Stentor | date = October 1, 2006 | editor-first1 = Hubert | translator = Christine F. Salazar | issn = 1574-9347 | editor-last1 = Cancik | editor-first2 = Helmuth | editor-last2 = Schneider | access-date = September 2, 2025}}

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