Polydorus
In Greek mythology, Polydorus (/ˌpɒl[invalid input: 'ɨ']ˈdɔːrəs/ or /ˌpɒl[invalid input: 'ɨ']ˈdɒrəs/; Template:Lang-grc, i.e. "many-gift[ed]") or Polydoros referred to several different people.
- An Argive, son of Hippomedon was called . 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.
- Prince Polydorus, son of the King Cadmus and goddess Harmonia, fathered Labdacus by his wife Nycteis.[1]
- Prince Polydorus, a Trojan, was the King Priam's youngest son.[2]
- Polydorus (son of Astyanax)[3]
- Polydorus of Sparta (reigned from c. 741 to c. 665 BC)
In art, Polydorus was:
- One of the three Rhodian sculptors who created the sculpture Laocoön and His Sons and signed the Sperlonga sculptures
Notes
- ^ Bibliotheca 3.5.2.
- ^ Euripides, and Marilyn Nelson. Hecuba. U Penn Press, 1998
- ^ Google Books - Lineage of the Saints