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Polymele

{{Short description|Set of mythological Greek characters}}

In Greek mythology, the name Polymela or Polymele ({{Langx|grc|Πολυμήλη|lit=many songs’, derived from polys, ‘many’ and melos, ‘song}}) may refer to the following figures:

  • Polymele, daughter of Autolycus and one of the possible mothers of Jason by Aeson, King of Iolcus.Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 38; Tzetzes, Chiliades [https://topostext.org/work/617#6.977 6.979]; Scholia ad Homer, Odyssey [https://archive.org/details/scholiagraecain06dindgoog/page/532/mode/1up?view=theater 12.69] with Hesiod as the authority She was also called PolymedeApollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.1.9.16&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:chapter=&highlight=Polymede 1.9.16]; Tzetzes ad Lycophron, [https://topostext.org/work/860#175 175] & [https://topostext.org/work/860#872 872]{{AI-generated source|date=November 2024}} or Polypheme,Scholia ad Apollonius Rhodius, [https://archive.org/details/argonauticaemend00apoluoft/page/305/mode/1up?view=theater 1.45] with Herodorus as authority otherwise the mother of the hero was either (1) Alcimede, daughter of Phylacus;Apollonius Rhodius, [https://topostext.org/work/126#1.45 1.47], [https://topostext.org/work/126#1.228 233] & [https://topostext.org/work/126#1.247 259]; Scholia ad ibid, [https://archive.org/details/argonauticaemend00apoluoft/page/305/mode/1up?view=theater 1.45] & ad Homer, Odyssey [https://archive.org/details/scholiagraecain06dindgoog/page/532/mode/1up?view=theater 12.69], both have Pherecydes as the authority; Valerius Flaccus, [https://www.theoi.com/Text/ValeriusFlaccus1.html 1.297]; Hyginus, Fabulae [https://topostext.org/work/206#3 3], [https://topostext.org/work/206#13 13] & [https://topostext.org/work/206#14 14] (2) Amphinome;Diodorus Siculus, [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/4C*.html#50.2 4.50.2] (3) Rhoeo, daughter of Staphylus;Tzetzes, Chiliades [https://topostext.org/work/617#6.977 6.979] (4) Theognete, daughter of Laodicus;Scholia ad Apollonius Rhodius, [https://archive.org/details/argonauticaemend00apoluoft/page/305/mode/1up?view=theater 1.45] with Andron on Epitome of Affinity as the source and lastly, (5) Scarphe or (6) Arne.Tzetzes ad Lycophron, [https://topostext.org/work/860#872 872]{{AI-generated source|date=November 2024}}
  • Polymele, daughter of Peleus and one of the possible mothers of Patroclus by Menoetius,Plutarch, Aristides 20.6 the other two being StheneleApollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.13.8&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:chapter=&highlight=Periopis 3.13.8]; Scholia ad Apollonius Rhodius, [https://archive.org/details/argonauticaemend00apoluoft/page/307/mode/1up?view=theater 1.69]; ad Homer, Iliad 16.14 and Periopis;Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.13.8&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:chapter=&highlight=Polymele 3.13.8] some refer to her as "Philomela".Eustathius ad Homer, p. 1498; Scholia ad Odyssey 4.343 and 17.134; Hyginus, Fabulae [https://topostext.org/work/206#97 97]; Tzetzes, Allegories of the Iliad Prologue 430 & 525 In some accounts, Damocrateia, daughter of Aegina and Zeus, was also called the wife of Menoetius and mother of Patroclus.Pythaenetos, quoting the Scholia ad Pindar, Olympian Odes 9.107
  • Polymele, wife of Thestor and mother of CalchasTzetzes, Allegories of the Iliad Prologue 639 and possibly also of Leucippe and Theonoe.Hyginus, Fabulae [https://topostext.org/work/206#190 190]
  • Polymele, daughter of Phylas and wife of Echecles. She was loved by Hermes, who spotted her while she was performing a ritual dance in honor of Artemis, and had by him a son, Eudoros.Homer, Iliad 16.179
  • Polymele, daughter of Aeolus. When Odysseus visited their island,Homer, Odyssey 10.1 ff.; Diodorus Siculus, [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/5A*.html#7.7 5.7.7] he fell in love with her and lay with her secretly. Soon after the guest's departure, Aeolus discovered his daughter crying over some spoils from Troy which Odysseus had given to her as presents. Outraged, he was about to exact vengeance upon Polymele, but his son Diores, who was in love with his own sister, intervened and implored Aeolus to marry her to him, to which Aeolus consented.Parthenius, [https://topostext.org/work/550#2 2] from Hermes of Philetas

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General and cited 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].
  • Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/home.html Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site]
  • Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888-1890. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0540 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
  • 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].
  • Hesiod, Catalogue of Women from Homeric Hymns, Epic Cycle, Homerica translated by Evelyn-White, H G. Loeb Classical Library Volume 57. London: William Heinemann, 1914. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/HesiodCatalogues.html Online version at theio.com]
  • 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. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0134 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library].
  • Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0133 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
  • Homer, The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0136 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0135 Greek text available from the same website].
  • Parthenius, Love Romances translated by Sir Stephen Gaselee (1882-1943), S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 69. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. 1916. [https://topostext.org/work/550 Online version at the Topos Text Project].
  • Parthenius, Erotici Scriptores Graeci, Vol. 1. Rudolf Hercher. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1858. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0643 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
  • Tzetzes, John, Allegories of the Iliad translated by Goldwyn, Adam J. and Kokkini, Dimitra. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, Harvard University Press, 2015. {{ISBN|978-0-674-96785-4}}.
  • Tzetzes, John, Book of Histories, Books V–VI translated by Konstantinos Ramiotis from the original Greek of T. Kiessling's edition of 1826. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/TzetzesChiliades1.html Online version at theio.com].

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