Polybus of Thebes

Polybus (Ancient Greek: Πόλυβος) was the king of Thebes (in Egypt) and husband of Alcandre. Menelaus and Helen stayed in his court for a while after the Trojan War.^[1]^[2] According to the Egyptian historian Manetho, Polybus was identical to king Thuoris, who can be identified with the ruling queen Twosret.^[3]

Notes

^ Homer, Odyssey 4.126
^ Homer; Rieu, Emile (2003). The Odyssey. London: Penguin Books. p. 44. ISBN 978-0-14-044911-2.
^ William Gillian Waddell (ed), Manetho. The Loeb Classical Library 350, ser. ed. George P. Goold. London and Cambridge: William Heinemann ltd. and Harvard University Press. 1940. ISBN 0-674-99385-3, pp. 149-151

References

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.

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[1] Homer, Odyssey 4.126

[2] Homer; Rieu, Emile (2003). The Odyssey. London: Penguin Books. p. 44. ISBN 978-0-14-044911-2.

[3] William Gillian Waddell (ed), Manetho. The Loeb Classical Library 350, ser. ed. George P. Goold. London and Cambridge: William Heinemann ltd. and Harvard University Press. 1940. ISBN 0-674-99385-3, pp. 149-151

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