Polyxenus
In
Ancient Greek
: Πολύξενος, Poluxenos, or 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.[1]
- Polyxenus, son of Cteatus), who had died at Troy.[4] 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.[5]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 Colchian sorceress Medea,[6] the daughter of King Aeëtes. He was the brother of Eriopis.[7]
Notes
- Homeric Hymn2 to Demeter 477
- Hyginus, Fabulae 81
- ^ Homer, Iliad 2.624; Dictys Cretensis, 1.17 & 3.5; Hyginus, Fabulae 97; Dares Phrygius, 14
- ^ Pausanias, 5.3.4
- ^ Apollodorus, 2.4.6
- ^ Pausanias, 2.3.8 with a reference to Hellanicus
- ^ Pausanias, 2.3.9
References
- 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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Dares Phrygius, from The Trojan War. The Chronicles of Dictys of Crete and Dares the Phrygian translated by Richard McIlwaine Frazer, Jr. (1931-). Indiana University Press. 1966. Online version at theoi.com
- Dictys Cretensis, from The Trojan War. The Chronicles of Dictys of Crete and Dares the Phrygian translated by Richard McIlwaine Frazer, Jr. (1931-). Indiana University Press. 1966. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- 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.
- Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. .
- The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Homeric Hymns. Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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