Polydorus

Polydorus in Wikipedia

In Greek mythology, Polydorus (Greek: Πολύδωρος, i.e. "many-gift[ed]") referred to several different people. * An Argive, son of Hippomedon. Pausanias lists him as one of the Epigoni, who attacked Thebes in retaliation for the deaths of their fathers, the Seven Against Thebes, who died attempting the same thing. * Polydorus (son of Cadmus), son ...

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Polydōrus in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)

1. Son of Cadmus and Harmonia, father of Labdacus, and great-grandfather of Oedipus. 2. Youngest son of Priam and of Laothoe; his father's favourite son. He was killed while yet a boy by Achilles. The tragedians make him the son of Priam and Hecuba, who, before the fall of Troy, committed him with many treasures to the care of their guest-friend, ...

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