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
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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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