Polydorus
In Greek mythology, Polydorus (/ˌpɒlɪˈdɔːrəs/; Ancient Greek: Πολύδωρος, i.e. "many-gift[ed]") or Polydoros referred to several different people.
- Polydorus, son of Phineus and Cleopatra, and brother of Polydector (Polydectus).[1] These two sons by his first wife were blinded by Phineus because of the instigation of their stepmother, Idaea who accused them of corrupting her virtue.
- Prince Polydorus, son of the King Cadmus and goddess Harmonia, fathered Labdacus by his wife Nycteis.[2]
- Polydorus, an Argive, son of Hippomedon and Euanippe, daughter of Elatus.[3] Pausanias lists him as one of the Epigoni, who attacked Thebes in retaliation for the deaths of their fathers, the Seven against Thebes, who died attempting the same thing.[4][5]
- Prince Polydorus, a Trojan, was the King Priam's youngest son.[6]
- Polydorus, a man from Zacynthos who was one of the suitors of Penelope, wife of Odysseus.[7]
- Polydorus, a Ceteian warrior killed by Odysseus using his sword (Ceteius is called a stream in Asia Minor).[8]
- Polydorus (son of Astyanax)[9]
In history, Polydorus was:
- Polydorus of Sparta (reigned from c. 741 to c. 665 BC)
In art, Polydorus was:
- One of the three Rhodian sculptors who created the sculpture Laocoön and His Sons and signed the Sperlonga sculptures
See also
Notes
- Scholia on Ovid. Ibis, 273
- Pseudo-Apollodorus. Bibliotheca, 3.5.2
- Hyginus, Fabulae 71
- Pausanias. Description of Greece, 2.20.5
- Hyginus. Fabulae, 71
- Homer, and Stanley Lombardo. Iliad. Indianapolis: Hackett Pub., 1997:399.
- Pseudo-Apollodorus. Bibliotheca, Ep.7.29
- Quintus Smyrnaeus. Posthomerica, 11.79
- Google Books - Lineage of the Saints
References
- William Smith. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology vs .Polydorus-1, Polydorus-2 & Polydorus-3. London. John Murray: printed by Spottiswoode and Co., New-Street Square and Parliament Street. 1849.
- 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.
- Hyginus. Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus, translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies, no. 34.
- Pausanias. Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918.
- Quintus Smyrnaeus. The Fall of Troy. Translated by Way. A. S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 19. London: William Heinemann, 1913.
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