Polybus (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Polybus (Ancient Greek: Πόλυβος) may refer to the following personages:
- Polybus, father by Argia of Argus, builder of the ship Argo.[1] Others credited Danaus[2] or Arestor[3] to be this Argonaut's father.
- Polybus, king of Corinth who was best known for having reared Oedipus.[4]
- Polybus, son of Hermes and king of Sicyon.[5]
- Polybus, king of the Egyptian Thebes.[6]
- Polybus, father of Eurymachus, one of the suitors of Penelope.[7]
- Polybus, son of Antenor.[8]
- Polybus, a skilled Phaeacian craftsman who made a beautiful ball for Halius and Laodamas to play with.[9]
- Polybus, one of the suitors of Penelope who came from Zacynthus along with other 43 wooers.[10] He was killed by Eumaeus, swineheard and friend of Odysseus.[11]
- Polybus, another suitor of Penelope from Zacynthus.[10] He suffered the same fate as his above namesake.[12]
Notes
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 14
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 14.5
- ^ Apollonius of Rhodes, 1.112
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.5.7
- ^ Pausanias, 2.6.6
- ^ Homer, Odyssey 4.126
- ^ Homer, Odyssey 1.399
- ^ Homer, Iliad 11.59; Quintus Smyrnaeus, 8.86
- ^ Homer, Odyssey 8.373
- ^ a b Apollodorus, Epitome 7.29
- ^ Homer, Odyssey 22.284; Apollodorus, Epitome 7.33
- ^ 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.
- Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. 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. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- 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. ISBN 978-0674995611. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- 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.
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