Bianor
- A centaur slain by Theseus at the marriage festival of Pirithŏus, Ov. M. 12, 345.—
- II An ancient hero of Mantua, Verg. E. 9, 60; acc. to Serv. in h. l. and upon A. 10, 198-200, the founder of Mantua, and identical with Ocnus.
Inscript. apud
Grut. 610. 1. Ti. Claudius Bianor.
an ancient hero of the town of Mantua, was a son of Tiberis and Manto, and was also called Ocnus or Aucnus. He is said to have built the town of Mantua, and to have called it after his mother. According to others, Ocnus was a son or brother of Auletes, the founder of Perusia, and emigrated to Gaul, where he built Cesena. (Serv. ad Virg. Ecl. 9.60, Aen. 10.198.) [L.S]
(Βιάνωρ), a Bithynian, the author of twenty-one epigrams in the Greek Anthology, lived under the emperors Augustus and Tiberius. His epigrams were included by Philip of Thessalonica in his collection. (Jacobs, xiii. p. 868; Fabric. Bibl. Graec. iv. p. 467.) [P.S]
(Βιάνωρ). A son of the river-god Tiber, and of Manto, daughter of Tiresias. Servius makes him the founder of Mantua, and identical with Ocnus.