Polus (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Πῶλος) of Aegina was a celebrated tragic actor, the son of Charicles of Sunium, and a disciple of Archias of Thurii.
It is related of him that at the age of 70, shortly before his death, he acted in eight tragedies on four successive days.[1] [2]
The Roman author Aulus Gellius also mentions the actor, describing how during a performance of Electra, in the scene where Orestes is mourned with his ashes, Polus starred while holding an urn containing the ashes of his own son. [3]