Podarces
In
Ancient Greek: Ποδάρκης) was a son of Iphiclus (son of Phylacus, founder of Phylace) by Diomedeia[1] and the brother of Protesilaus. In some accounts, he and his brother were called the sons of Phylacus and Astyoche instead.[2]
Mythology
In
Quintus of Smyrna, he was killed by Penthesilea
, the Queen of the Amazons.
Namesake
Podarces was also the original name of Priam, king of Troy.
Note
- Hyginus, Fabulae 103
- ^ Eustathius on Homer, Iliad 323, 41
References
- Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- March, Jennifer R., Cassell's Dictionary of Classical Mythology. Sterling Publishing Company, Inc., 2001, ISBN 0-304-35788-X, pp. 640–641.
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