Polydora
Polydora (/ˌpɒlɪˈdɔːrə/; Ancient Greek: Πολυδώρη) was the name of several characters in Greek mythology:
- Polydora, one of the Oceanids.[1]
- Polydora, a nymph and one of the Danaïdes, mother of King Dryops of Oeta, by Spercheus.[2]
- Polydora, daughter of Peleus and Antigone, daughter of King Eurytion of Phthia.[3] She married Borus, son of Perieres, who wooed her with large dowry, but regardless of this, Polydora became the mother of Menesthius by Spercheus.[4]
- Polydora, daughter of Perieres and wife of Peleus. In some accounts, she became the mother of Menesthius by Spercheus.[3]
- Polydora, daughter of Meleager possible wife of Protesilaus.
- Polydora, one of the Amazons.[5]
- Polydora, wife of Aphareus of Messenia and thus, the possible mother of his children, Idas, Lynceus and Peisus.[6] In some accounts, the consort of Aphareus was called Arene[7] or Laocoosa.[8][9]
References
- ^ Hesiod. Theogony, 349–361
- ^ Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses, 32
- ^ a b Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.13.4
- ^ Homer, Iliad 16.177
- ^ Hyginus. Fabulae, 163
- ^ Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.152, with a reference to Peisander for Polydora
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.10.3
- ^ Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.152, with a reference to Theocritus for Laocoosa
- ^ Theocritus, Idyll 22.206
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