Polydora
Polydora (/ˌpɒlɪˈdɔːrə/; Ancient Greek: Πολυδώρᾱ in Attic and Πολυδώρη in Ionic) was the name of several characters in Greek mythology:
- Polydora, one of the Oceanids.[1]
- Polydora, a nymph and one of the Danaïdes, mother of King Dryops of Oeta, by Spercheus.[2]
- Polydora, daughter of Peleus and Antigone, daughter of King Eurytion of Phthia.[3] She married Borus, son of Perieres, who wooed her with large dowry, but regardless of this, Polydora became the mother of Menesthius by Spercheus.[4]
- Polydora, daughter of Perieres and wife of Peleus. In some accounts, she became the mother of Menesthius by Spercheus.[3]
- Polydora, daughter of Meleager possible wife of Protesilaus.
- Polydora, one of the Amazons.[5]
- Polydora, wife of Aphareus of Messenia and thus, the possible mother of his children, Idas, Lynceus and Peisus.[6] In some accounts, the consort of Aphareus was called Arene[7] or Laocoosa.[8][9]
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Notes
- Hesiod. Theogony, 349–361
- Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 32
- Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.13.4
- Homer, Iliad 16.177
- Hyginus, Fabulae 163
- Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.152, with a reference to Peisander for Polydora
- Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.10.3
- Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.152, with a reference to Theocritus for Laocoosa
- Theocritus, Idyll 22.206
References
- Antoninus Liberalis, The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992). Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Hesiod, Theogony from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. ISBN 978-0674995796. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. ISBN 978-0198145318. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Pseudo-Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Theocritus, Idylls from The Greek Bucolic Poets translated by Edmonds, J M. Loeb Classical Library Volume 28. Cambridge, MA. Harvard Univserity Press. 1912. Online version at theoi.com
- Theocritus, Idylls edited by R. J. Cholmeley, M.A. London. George Bell & Sons. 1901. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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