Polydora Tetrabranchia
Polydora (; grc, Πολυδώρᾱ in Attic Greek, Attic and in Ionic Greek, Ionic, means 'many-gifts' or 'the shapely') was the name of several characters in Greek mythology: *Polydora, the 'handsome' Oceanids, Oceanid, one of the 3,000 Naiad, water-nymph daughters of the Titans Oceanus and his sister-spouse Tethys (mythology), Tethys. *Polydora, a nymph and one of the 50 Danaïdes, daughter of King Danaus. She was the mother of King Dryops of Mount Oeta, Oeta, by the Potamoi, river-gods Spercheus or Peneus. *Polydora, wife of Aphareus of Messenia and thus, the possible mother of his children, Idas, Lynceus (Argonaut), Lynceus and Peisus. In some accounts, the consort of Aphareus was called Arene (Greek myth), Arene or Laocoosa. *Polydora, daughter of Peleus and Antigone (mythology), Antigone, daughter of King Eurytion (king of Phthia), Eurytion of Phthia. She married Borus, son of Perieres of Messenia, Perieres, who wooed her with large dowry, but regardless of this, Polydora ...
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Attic Greek
Attic Greek is the Greek language, Greek dialect of the regions of ancient Greece, ancient region of Attica, including the ''polis'' of classical Athens, Athens. Often called classical Greek, it was the prestige (sociolinguistics), prestige dialect of the Hellenistic period, Greek world for centuries and remains the standard form of the language that is taught to students of ancient Greek. As the basis of the Hellenistic Koine Greek, Koine, it is the most similar of the ancient Greek dialects, ancient dialects to later Greek. Attic is traditionally classified as a member or sister dialect of the Ionic Greek, Ionic branch. Origin and range Greek language, Greek is the primary member of the Hellenic languages, Hellenic branch of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family. In ancient times, Greek had already come to exist in several dialects, one of which was Attic. The earliest Attested language, attestations of Greek, dating from the 16th to 11th centuries BC, are ...
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