Periclymenus

Family: Thebes · Role: warrior · First appears: Apollodorus, Library 1.9

🌐 Also appears in: The Odyssey (as Periclymenus)

Life events

Hercules captured Pylus, killed Periclymenus and Neleus with his sons, but spared Nestor.(Apollodorus, Library 2.7 · 📍 Pylus)
- With: Heracles Neleus Nestor
- “After the capture of Elis he marched against Pylus, and having taken the city he slew Periclymenus, the most valiant of the sons of Neleus, who used to change his shape in battle. And he slew Neleus and his sons, except Nestor; for he was a youth and was being brought up among the Gerenians.”

parent: Neleus “by whom he had a daughter, Pero, and sons, to wit, Taurus, Asterius, Pylaon, Deimachus, Eurybius, Epilaus, Phrasius, Eurymenes, Evagoras, Alastor, Nestor and Periclymenus”
enemies with Heracles “but was slain by Hercules with the other sons of Neleus.”

parent: Poseidon “But Euripides says that Parthenopaeus was slain by Periclymenus, son of Poseidon.”
with Parthenopaeus (interaction) “But Euripides says that Parthenopaeus was slain by Periclymenus, son of Poseidon.”
enemies with Parthenopaeus “But Euripides says that Parthenopaeus was slain by Periclymenus, son of Poseidon.”

courtship with Penelope “Alcarops, Periclymenus, Antenor”
admired: Penelope “And from Zacynthos came forty—four: Eurylochus, Laomedes, Molebus, Phrenius, Indius, Minis, Liocritus, Pronomus, Nisas, Daemon, Archestratus, Hippomachus, Euryalus, Periallus, Evenorides, Clytius, Agenor, Polybus, Polydorus, Thadytius, Stratius, Phrenius, Indius, Daesenor, Laomedon, Laodicus, Halius, Magnes, Oloetrochus, Barthas, Theophron, Nissaeus, Alcarops, Periclymenus, Antenor, Pellas, Celtus, Periphus, Ormenus, Polybus and Andromedes.”

Extracted from the original text of Greek Mythology. Made with Rho MD.