Editing Polyxenus (section)

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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Polyxenus''' or '''Polyxeinus''' {{IPAc-en|p|ə|ˈ|l|ɪ|k|s|ᵻ|n|ə|s}} ({{Langx|grc|Πολύξενος}}, ''Poluxenos'', or {{lang|grc|Πολύξεινος}}, ''Poluxeinos'') is a name that may refer to:

*Polyxenus, one of the first priests of [[Demeter]] and one of the first to learn the secrets of the [[Eleusinian Mysteries]].<ref>''[[Homeric Hymn]] 2 to Demeter'' 477</ref>
*Polyxenus, son of [[Agasthenes]] and [[Peloris (mythology)|Peloris]], king of [[Ancient Elis|Elis]]. He was counted among the suitors of [[Helen of Troy|Helen]],<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.10.8&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:chapter=&highlight=Polyxenus 3.10.8]; [[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' 81</ref> and accordingly participated in the [[Trojan War]], having brought 40 ships with him.<ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' 2.624; [[Dictys Cretensis]], 1.17 & 3.5; Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' 97; [[Dares Phrygius]], 14</ref> 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.<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.5.3.4&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:chapter=&highlight=Polyxenus 5.3.4]</ref> 
*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]].<ref>Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+2.4.6&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:chapter=&highlight=Polyxenus 2.4.6]</ref> This Polyxenus, however, appears to be a figure distinct from Polyxenus, son of Agasthenes, since he lived two generations before the Trojan War.
*Polyxenus, also called [[Medus]], son of the hero [[Jason]] and the [[Colchis|Colchian]] sorceress [[Medea]],<ref>Pausanias, [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+2.3.8&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:chapter=&highlight=Polyxenus 2.3.8] with a reference to [[Hellanicus of Lesbos|Hellanicus]]</ref> the daughter of King [[Aeëtes]]. He was the brother of [[Eriopis]].<ref>Pausanias, 2.3.9</ref>