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Poltys'' is also a genus of spiders
In
Greek mythology, Poltys (
Ancient Greek: Πόλτυς) is a mythical king and
eponym of the
Thracian city of
Poltyobria (or ''Poltymbria''; also called
Aenus), featured in Apollodorus's account of the story of the hero
Heracles. Poltys and his brother
Sarpedon are given as sons of the sea-god
Poseidon.
Mythology
Poltys hosted Heracles when the hero came to Aenus; although Poltys welcomed Heracles, Sarpedon did not, and was slain by Heracles on the beach.
In a story related by
Plutarch (''Morals''), Poltys ruled at the outbreak of the
Trojan War, and was solicited both by the Trojan and Greek ambassadors. Poltys advised
Paris to restore
Helen, promising to give him two beautiful women to replace her. The advice was declined.
[Plutarch, ''Regum et imperatorum apophthegmata'', 13] Homer does not mention Poltys in the ''
Iliad'', and the story is obviously post-Homeric.
Notes
References
*
Pseudo-Apollodorus, ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921.
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.Greek text available from the same website
* Stephanus of Byzantium
Stephanus or Stephan of Byzantium ( la, Stephanus Byzantinus; grc-gre, Στέφανος Βυζάντιος, ''Stéphanos Byzántios''; centuryAD), was a Byzantine grammarian and the author of an important geographical dictionary entitled ''Ethni ...
, ''Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt,'' edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling
Online version at the Topos Text Project.
* Strabo
Strabo''Strabo'' (meaning "squinty", as in strabismus) was a term employed by the Romans for anyone whose eyes were distorted or deformed. The father of Pompey was called "Pompeius Strabo". A native of Sicily so clear-sighted that he could see ...
, ''The Geography of Strabo.'' Edition by H.L. Jones. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
Strabo, ''Geographica'' edited by A. Meineke. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877
Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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