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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
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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.
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Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library .
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Online version at the Topos Text Project.
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ISBN
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Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
Greek text available from the same website .
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ISBN
0-674-99328-4 .
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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.
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