General Notes

Born about 480 BC. King of the Cimmerians, Antenor died in 443 BC.Antenor, A Exum of Trojan blood, lived along the Black Sea. He marriedunknown about 460 BC. AKA: was called "Chief Prince of Ephraim."

From " The Anchor Atlas of World History, Vol. 1":

During the late Bronze Age, Two nomadic peoples spread from the easternsteppes to the West and South.
1. Expanding (C. 750) from the Crimean peninsula through the Caucasussouthward into Asia Minor, The Cimmerians threatened the Assyrian Empire.Allied with the Assyrians they destroyed the kingdom of Uratu (alsocalled Van). However, they were subs. pushed westward and moved throughAsia Minor, defeating the Phygian kingdom and king Gyes of Lydia (killeddefending his land). the Cimmerians were followed by:
2. The Scythians who, coming out of Turketstan, drove them on andsubjugated them. Pursuing the Cimmerians into Asia Minor, the Scythiansstruggled with the Assyrian and the Medes, and were pushed back by theMed. king, Cyazares, in 628 B.C.

During the 7the century B.C., the Cimmerians entered Phrygia andsubjected it to their rule.

625 - 585 BC (the Median king) Cyaxares, who made Media a major power,drove out the Scythians and Cimmerians.

SOURCE for this line was on the Internet at
http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/g/e/r/Jerry-Gerold/GENE36-0001.html
Updated Jan 27, 2000