Polypoetes

First appears: Apollodorus, Library 1.7

🌐 Also appears in: The Iliad (as Polypoetes)

In Apollodorus’s Library 1.7, Aetolus killed Polypoetes among his hosts, while another account names Polypoetes as a son of Phthia and Apollo. In the Epitome 3, he is identified as a Gyrtonian and the son of Pirithous, commanding thirty ships.

In the Epitome 6, Polypoetes left his ships at Ilium and journeyed by land to Colophon with Amphilochus, Calchas, Leonteus, and Podalirius. The Epitome 7 also presents him as the son of Odysseus and Callidice, and lists him among the suitors of Penelope, one of fifty-seven men who came from Dulichium.

Relationship record

Apollodorus, Library 1.7

with Aetolus (interaction) “There he killed his hosts, Dorus and Laodocus and Polypoetes”
parent: Phthia “the sons of Phthia and Apollo”
parent: Apollo “the sons of Phthia and Apollo”

Apollodorus, Epitome 3

parent: Pirithous “Of the Gyrtonians, Polypoetes, son of Pirithous: thirty ships.”
child: Pirithous “Polypoetes, son of Pirithous”

Apollodorus, Epitome 6

with Amphilochus (They journeyed together.) “Amphilochus, and Calchas, and Leonteus, and Podalirius, and Polypoetes left their ships in Ilium and journeyed by land to Colophon”
with Calchas (They journeyed together.) “Amphilochus, and Calchas, and Leonteus, and Podalirius, and Polypoetes left their ships in Ilium and journeyed by land to Colophon”
with Leonteus (They journeyed together.) “Amphilochus, and Calchas, and Leonteus, and Podalirius, and Polypoetes left their ships in Ilium and journeyed by land to Colophon”
with Podalirius (They journeyed together.) “Amphilochus, and Calchas, and Leonteus, and Podalirius, and Polypoetes left their ships in Ilium and journeyed by land to Colophon”

Apollodorus, Epitome 7

parent: Odysseus (parent->child) “she had by him a son Polypoetes”
parent: Callidice (parent->child) “she had by him a son Polypoetes”
admired: Penelope “From Dulichium came fifty-seven: Amphinomus, Thoas, Demoptolemus, Amphimachus, Euryalus, Paralus, Evenorides, Clytius, Agenor, Eurypylus, Pylaemenes, Acamas, Thersilochus, Hagius, Clymenus, Philodemus, Meneptolemus, Damastor, Bias, Telmius, Polyidus, Astylochus, Schedius, Antigonus, Marpsius, Iphidamas, Argius, Glaucus, Calydoneus, Echion, Lamas, Andraemon, Agerochus, Medon, Agrius, Promus, Ctesius, Acarnan, Cycnus, Pseras, Hellanicus, Periphron, Megasthenes, Thrasymedes, Ormenius, Diopithes, Mecisteus, Antimachus, Ptolemaeus, Lestorides, Nicomachus, Polypoetes, and Ceraus.”

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