Polus of Aegina | |
Native Name: | Πῶλος |
Birth Place: | Aegina, Ancient Greece |
Occupation: | Tragic actor |
Known For: | Acting in eight tragedies at age 70, performing in Electra holding the ashes of his own son |
Parents: | Charicles of Sunium |
Polus (grc|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]