Polydora
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Polydora(/ˌpɒlɪˈdɔːrə/;Ancient Greek:ΠολυδώρᾱinAtticandΠολυδώρηinIonic,means 'many-gifts' or 'the shapely'[1]) was the name of several characters inGreek mythology:
- Polydora, the 'handsome'Oceanid,one of the 3,000water-nymphdaughters of theTitansOceanusand his sister-spouseTethys.[1][2][3]
- Polydora, anymphand one of the 50Danaïdes,daughter of KingDanaus.She was the mother ofKing DryopsofOeta,by theriver-godsSpercheus[4]orPeneus.[5]
- Polydora, wife ofAphareus of Messeniaand thus, the possible mother of his children,Idas,LynceusandPeisus.[6]In some accounts, the consort of Aphareus was calledArene[7]orLaocoosa.[8]
- Polydora, daughter ofPeleusandAntigone,daughter of KingEurytionofPhthia.[9]She marriedBorus,son ofPerieres,who wooed her with large dowry, but regardless of this, Polydora became the mother ofMenesthiusbySpercheios.[10]
- Polydora, daughter ofPerieresand wife ofPeleus.In some accounts, she became the mother of Menesthius by Spercheus.[11]
- Polydora, daughter ofMeleagerandCleopatra.She was married toProtesilaus,and after his death she was so affected by grief that she took her own life.[12]
- Polydora, one of theAmazons.[13]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^abBane, Theresa (2013).Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology.McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 279.ISBN9780786471119.
- ^Kerényi,Carl (1951).The Gods of the Greeks.London:Thames and Hudson.p. 41.
- ^Hesiod,Theogony354
- ^Antoninus Liberalis,32
- ^ScholiastonApollonius Rhodius,1.1212
- ^Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, 1.152 with a reference toPeisanderfor Polydora
- ^Apollodorus,3.10.3
- ^Theocritus,Idyll22.206; Scholia onApollonius Rhodius, Argonautica1.152, with a reference toTheocritusfor Laocoosa
- ^Apollodorus,3.13.4;EustathiusonHomer,p. 321
- ^Homer,Iliad16.177
- ^Apollodorus,3.13.4
- ^Pausanias,4.2.7
- ^Hyginus,Fabulae163
Bibliography[edit]
- Antoninus Liberalis,The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalistranslated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992).Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Apollodorus,The Librarywith 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.ISBN0-674-99135-4.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.Greek text available from the same website.
- Hesiod,TheogonyfromThe Homeric Hymns and Homericawith an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.Greek text available from the same website.
- Homer,The Iliadwith an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924.ISBN978-0674995796.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Homer,Homeri Operain five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920.ISBN978-0198145318.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Kerényi, Carl,The Gods of the Greeks,Thames and Hudson, London, 1951.
- Pausanias,Description of Greecewith 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.ISBN0-674-99328-4.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias,Graeciae Descriptio.3 vols.Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Theocritus,IdyllsfromThe Greek Bucolic Poets translated by Edmonds, J M. Loeb Classical Library Volume 28. Cambridge, MA. Harvard Univserity Press. 1912.Online version at theoi.com
- Theocritus,Idyllsedited by R. J. Cholmeley, M.A. London. George Bell & Sons. 1901.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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