Tags: Mythological Figure.
Gelanor is also a spider genus (Mimetidae).In Greek mythology King Gelanor (Ancient Greek: Γελάνωρ) of Argos welcomed Danaus and his daughters. When an oracle told him to give Danaus his kingdom he did so. He wanted to sell the Danaides into slavery following their murder of their husbands but Danaus and the gods dissuaded him. He is simply called the King in Aeschylus’s Suppliant Maidens.