InGreek mythology,Stentor (Ancient Greek:Στέντωρ,romanized: Sténtōr,lit. 'roarer'[1][dead link]) was aherald of the Greek forces during theTrojan War.
Stentor is mentioned briefly inHomer'sIliad in whichHera, in the guise of Stentor, whose "voice was as powerful as fifty voices of other men",[2] encourages the Greeks to fight.
Elsewhere, Stentor is said to have died after challengingHermes to a shouting contest and losing.[3] This explains why Stentor disappears from the rest of the poem.[1]
Stentor's story is the origin of the term "stentorian", meaning loud-voiced, for which he was famous.Aristotle uses the concept in hisPolitics 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?"
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