Polydorus
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In Greek mythology, Polydorus ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|p|ɒ|l|ᵻ|ˈ|d|ɔːr|ə|s}}; {{langx|grc|Πολύδωρος}}, i.e. "many-gift[ed]") or Polydoros referred to several different people.
- Polydorus, son of Phineus and Cleopatra, and brother of Polydector (Polydectus).Scholia on Ovid, Ibis [https://journals.openedition.org/dictynna/912 273] 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.Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.4.2&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:chapter=&highlight=Polydorus 3.4.2]
- Polydorus, an Argive, son of Hippomedon and Euanippe, daughter of Elatus.Hyginus, Fabulae [https://topostext.org/work/206#71 71] 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.Hyginus, Fabulae [https://topostext.org/work/206#71 71]; Pausanias, [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+2.20.5&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:chapter=&highlight=Polydorus 2.20.5]
- Prince Polydorus, a Trojan, was King Priam's youngest son.Homer, and Stanley Lombardo. Iliad. Indianapolis: Hackett Pub., 1997:399.
- 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.Quintus Smyrnaeus, [http://www.theoi.com/Text/QuintusSmyrnaeus11.html 11.79] (Ceteius is called a stream in Asia Minor).
- Polydorus (son of Astyanax)[https://books.google.com/books?id=JghSwDMI-9MC&dq=priam+Astyanax+Charlemagne&pg=PA156 Google Books - Lineage of the Saints]
- Polydorus, one of the suitors of Penelope who came from Zacynthus along with other 43 wooers.Apollodorus, Epitome [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+Epit.+E.7.29&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:chapter=&highlight=Polydorus 7.29] He, with the other suitors, was shot dead by Odysseus with the assistance of Eumaeus, Philoetius, and Telemachus.Apollodorus, Epitome 7.33
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
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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. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 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. [https://topostext.org/work/206 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}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 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. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/QuintusSmyrnaeus1.html 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. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0490 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
- William Smith. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology vs .[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DP%3Aentry+group%3D37%3Aentry%3Dpolydorus-bio-1 Polydorus-1], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DP%3Aentry+group%3D37%3Aentry%3Dpolydorus-bio-2 Polydorus-2] & [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DP%3Aentry+group%3D37%3Aentry%3Dpolydorus-bio-3 Polydorus-3]. London. John Murray: printed by Spottiswoode and Co., New-Street Square and Parliament Street. 1849.
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