Editing Polydorus (section)

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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]]