Polyxenus, one of the first priests of
Demeter and one of the first to learn the secrets of the
Eleusinian Mysteries.[1]
Polyxenus, son of
Agasthenes and
Peloris, king of
Elis. He was counted among the suitors of
Helen,[2] and accordingly participated in the
Trojan War, having brought 40 ships with him.[3] He returned home safely after the war, and had a son
Amphimachus, whom he possibly named after his friend Amphimachus (son of
Cteatus), who had died at Troy.[4] Polyxenus, king of Elis, was said to have been entrusted with the stolen cattle by the
Taphians under
Pterelaus; the cattle was ransomed from him by
Amphitryon.[5] This Polyxenus, however, appears to be a figure distinct from Polyxenus, son of Agasthenes, since he lived two generations before the Trojan War.
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Polyxenus, one of the first priests of
Demeter and one of the first to learn the secrets of the
Eleusinian Mysteries.[1]
Polyxenus, son of
Agasthenes and
Peloris, king of
Elis. He was counted among the suitors of
Helen,[2] and accordingly participated in the
Trojan War, having brought 40 ships with him.[3] He returned home safely after the war, and had a son
Amphimachus, whom he possibly named after his friend Amphimachus (son of
Cteatus), who had died at Troy.[4] Polyxenus, king of Elis, was said to have been entrusted with the stolen cattle by the
Taphians under
Pterelaus; the cattle was ransomed from him by
Amphitryon.[5] This Polyxenus, however, appears to be a figure distinct from Polyxenus, son of Agasthenes, since he lived two generations before the Trojan War.
This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific Greek mythology article referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended Greek mythology article, if one exists.