Polybus (mythology) explained

In Greek mythology, Polybus (Ancient Greek: Πόλυβος) may refer to the following personages:

• Polybus, father by Argia of Argus, builder of the ship Argo.^[1] Others credited Danaus^[2] or Arestor^[3] to be this Argonaut's father.
• Polybus, king of Corinth who was best known for having reared Oedipus.^[4]
• Polybus, son of Hermes and king of Sicyon.^[5]
• Polybus, king of the Egyptian Thebes.^[6]
• Polybus, father of Eurymachus, one of the suitors of Penelope.^[7]
• Polybus, son of Antenor.^[8]
• Polybus, a skilled Phaeacian craftsman who made a beautiful ball for Halius and Laodamas to play with.^[9]
• Polybus, one of the suitors of Penelope who came from Zacynthus along with other 43 wooers.^[10] He was killed by Eumaeus, swineheard and friend of Odysseus.^[11]
• Polybus, another suitor of Penelope from Zacynthus. He suffered the same fate as his above namesake.^[12]

Notes

1. [Hyginus]
2. Hyginus, Fabulae 14.5
3. [Apollonius of Rhodes]
4. [Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]
5. [Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]
6. [Homer]
7. Homer, Odyssey 1.399
8. Homer, Iliad 11.59; Quintus Smyrnaeus, 8.86
9. Homer, Odyssey 8.373
10. Apollodorus, Epitome 7.29
11. Homer, Odyssey 22.284; Apollodorus, Epitome 7.33
12. Apollodorus, Epitome 7.33

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.
• Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• 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, The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
• Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy translated by Way. A. S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 19. London: William Heinemann, 1913. Online version at theio.com
• Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy. Arthur S. Way. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1913. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.