Editing Polydorus

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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Polydorus''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|p|ɒ|l|ᵻ|ˈ|d|ɔːr|ə|s}}; {{langx|grc|Πολύδωρος}}, i.e. "many-gift[ed]") or '''Polydoros''' referred to several different people.
*Polydorus, son of [[Phineus]] and [[Cleopatra (Greek myth)|Cleopatra]], and brother of [[Polydector]] (Polydectus).<ref>[[Scholia]] on [[Ovid]], ''[[Ibis (Ovid)|Ibis]]'' [https://journals.openedition.org/dictynna/912 273]</ref> These two sons by his first wife were blinded by Phineus because of the instigation of their stepmother, [[Idaea (wife of Phineus)|Idaea]], who accused them of corrupting her virtue.
*[[Polydorus (son of Cadmus)|Prince Polydorus]], son of the King [[Cadmus]] and [[Harmonia (mythology)|goddess Harmonia]], fathered [[Labdacus]] by his wife [[Nycteïs|Nycteis]].<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.4.2&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:chapter=&highlight=Polydorus 3.4.2]</ref>
*Polydorus, an [[Argos, Peloponnese|Argive]], son of [[Hippomedon]] and [[Euanippe]], daughter of [[Elatus]].<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#71 71]</ref> [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]] lists him as one of the [[Epigoni]], who attacked [[Thebes, Greece|Thebes]] in retaliation for the deaths of their fathers, the [[Seven against Thebes]], who died attempting the same thing.<ref>Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#71 71]'';'' [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+2.20.5&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:chapter=&highlight=Polydorus 2.20.5]</ref>
*[[Polydorus of Troy|Prince Polydorus]], a [[Troy|Trojan]], was King [[Priam]]'s youngest son.<ref>Homer, and Stanley Lombardo. ''Iliad''. Indianapolis: Hackett Pub., 1997:399.</ref>
*Polydorus, a Ceteian warrior who participated in the [[Trojan War]]. During the siege of Troy, he was killed by [[Odysseus]] using his sword along with [[Aenus (mythology)|Aenus]], another Ceteian.<ref>[[Quintus Smyrnaeus]], [http://www.theoi.com/Text/QuintusSmyrnaeus11.html 11.79]</ref> (Ceteius is called a stream in [[Anatolia|Asia Minor]]).
*[[Polydorus (son of Astyanax)]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=JghSwDMI-9MC&dq=priam+Astyanax+Charlemagne&pg=PA156 Google Books - ''Lineage of the Saints'']</ref>
*Polydorus, one of the [[Suitors of Penelope|suitors]] of [[Penelope]] who came from [[Zakynthos|Zacynthus]] along with other 43 wooers.<ref>Apollodorus, [[Epitome]] [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+Epit.+E.7.29&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:chapter=&highlight=Polydorus 7.29]</ref> He, with the other suitors, was shot dead by [[Odysseus]] with the assistance of [[Eumaeus]], [[Philoetius (Odyssey)|Philoetius]], and [[Telemachus]].<ref name=":1">Apollodorus, Epitome 7.33</ref>

In history, Polydorus was:

*[[Polydorus of Sparta]] (reigned from c. 741 to c. 665 BC)
*[[Polydorus of Pherae|Polydorus]], tyrant of Pherae, ruled briefly in 370 BC

In art, Polydorus was:
*One of the three Rhodian sculptors who created the sculpture ''[[Laocoön and His Sons]]'' and signed the [[Sperlonga sculptures]]

==See also==
* [[Polydora]]

==Notes==
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==References==
* [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
* [[Gaius Julius Hyginus]], ''Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
*[[Pausanias (geographer)|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}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
*Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.  [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
*[[Quintus Smyrnaeus]], ''[[Posthomerica|The Fall of Troy]]'' translated by Way. A. S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 19. London: William Heinemann, 1913. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/QuintusSmyrnaeus1.html 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. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0490 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
*[[William Smith (lexicographer)|William Smith]]. ''[[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology|A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology]] vs .[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DP%3Aentry+group%3D37%3Aentry%3Dpolydorus-bio-1 Polydorus-1], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DP%3Aentry+group%3D37%3Aentry%3Dpolydorus-bio-2 Polydorus-2] & [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DP%3Aentry+group%3D37%3Aentry%3Dpolydorus-bio-3 Polydorus-3]''. London. John Murray: printed by Spottiswoode and Co., New-Street Square and Parliament Street. 1849.

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