Polyxenus
In Greek mythology, Polyxenus (Greek: Πολύξενος or Πολύξεινος) is a name that may refer to:
- Son of Agasthenes and Peloris, king of Elis. He was counted among the suitors of Helen[2], and accordingly participated in the Trojan War, having brought 40 ships with him[3][4][5][6]. He returned home safely after the war, and had a son Amphimachus, whom he possibly named after his friend Amphimachus (son of Cteatus), who had died at Troy[7]. Polyxenus, king of Elis, was also said to have been entrusted with the stolen cattle by the Taphians under Pterelaus; the cattle was ransomed from him by Amphitryon[8]. This Polyxenus, however, appears to be a figure distinct from Polyxenus, son of Agasthenes, since he lived two generations before the Trojan War.
References
- ^ Homeric Hymn 2 to Demeter, 477
- ^ Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 3. 10. 8; Hyginus, Fabulae, 81
- ^ Homer, Iliad, 2. 624
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae, 97
- ^ Dictys Cretensis, 1. 17 & 3. 5
- ^ Dares Phrygius, 14
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 5. 3. 4
- ^ Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 2. 4. 6
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 2. 3. 8 with a reference to Hellanicus