Editing Polydectes (section)

== Family ==
Polydectes was the son of either [[Magnes (mythology)|Magnes]] and an unnamed [[naiad]],<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], 1.9.6</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Gantz|first=Timothy|title=Early Greek Myth: A Guide to Literary and Ancient Sources|publisher=[[Johns Hopkins University Press]]|year=1993|isbn=0-8018-4410-X|location=London|pages=167}}</ref> or of [[Peristhenes]] and [[Androthoe]],<ref>[[Scholia]] on [[Apollonius Rhodius]] ''[[Argonautica]]'' 4.1091</ref> or of [[Poseidon]] and [[Cerebia]].<ref name="Tzetzes Lyc. 838">[[Tzetzes]] on [[Lycophron]], ''Alexandra'' 838</ref> His story is largely a part of the myth of [[Perseus]], and runs as follows according to the ''[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Bibliotheca]]''<ref>Apollodorus, ''Bibliotheca'' 2.4.1–3</ref> and [[John Tzetzes]].<ref name="Tzetzes Lyc. 838" /><ref>Briefly also in [[Strabo]], ''[[Geographica]]'' 10.5.10</ref> He was the brother of the fisherman [[Dictys]], who succeeded him on the throne.