In Greek mythology, Polydorus or Polydoros (/ˌpɒlɪˈdɔːrəs/; Ancient Greek: Πολύδωρος, romanized: Polýdōros, lit. ‘many-gift[ed]‘) 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]
- Prince Polydorus, a Trojan, was King Priam‘s youngest son.[5]
- Polydorus, a Ceteian warrior who participated in the Trojan War. During the siege of Troy, he was killed by Odysseus using his sword along with Aenus, another Ceteian.[6] (Ceteius is called a stream in Asia Minor).
- Polydorus (son of Astyanax)[7]
- Polydorus, one of the suitors of Penelope who came from Zacynthus along with other 43 wooers.[8] He, with the other suitors, was shot dead by Odysseus with the assistance of Eumaeus, Philoetius, and Telemachus.[9]
In history, Polydorus was:
- Polydorus of Sparta (reigned from c. 741 to c. 665 BC)
- Polydorus, tyrant of Pherae, ruled briefly in 370 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
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.4.2
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 71
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 71; Pausanias, 2.20.5
- ^ Homer, and Stanley Lombardo. Iliad. Indianapolis: Hackett Pub., 1997:399.
- ^ Quintus Smyrnaeus, 11.79
- ^ Google Books – Lineage of the Saints
- ^ Apollodorus, Epitome 7.29
- ^ Apollodorus, Epitome 7.33
References
- 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.
- Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- 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. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy translated by Way. A. S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 19. London: William Heinemann, 1913. Online version at theio.com
- Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy. Arthur S. Way. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons. 1913. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- 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.