Polybus (mythology)
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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.[10] He suffered the same fate as his above namesake.[12]
