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Polybus (Πόλυβος) is an
ancient Gr**** male name. It is the name of:
Historical figures:
Polybus (physician) (fl. c. 400 BCE),
author of On the Nature...
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Corinth with the news that King
Polybus had died.
Oedipus was relieved, for the
prophecy could no
longer be
fulfilled if
Polybus, whom he
believed to be his...
- In Gr**** mythology,
Polybus[pronunciation?] (Ancient Gr****: Πόλυβος) was the 20th king of
Sicyon who
reigned for 40 years.
Polybus was the son of Hermes...
- the child, gave him as a
present to the wife of
Polybus,
since she
could bear no children. With
Polybus' consent,
since they were childless, they adopted...
- In
Ancient Gr**** epic
tradition recounted in Homer's Odyssey,
Polybus (/ˈpɒlɪbəs/;
Ancient Gr****: Πόλυβος) was the
father of a suitor, Eurymachus, who...
- In Gr**** mythology,
Polybus (Ancient Gr****: Πόλυβος) may
refer to the
following personages:
Polybus,
father by
Argia of Argus,
builder of the ship Argo...
- him hospitality,
throwing a
stool at beggar-Odysseus. Eurymachus, son of
Polybus, is the
second of the
suitors to
appear in the epic.
Eurymachus acts as...
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infant and gave him to
another shepherd in the
employ of King
Polybus of Corinth.
Polybus and his queen,
Merope of
Corinth (according to Sophocles, or...
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Polybus (Gr****: Πόλυβος; fl. c. 400 BC) was one of the
pupils of Hippocrates, and also his son-in-law. He
lived on the
island of Cos in the 4th century...
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childless king
Polybus, who
raises Oedipus as his own son. As he
grows to manhood,
Oedipus hears a
rumour that he is not
truly the son of
Polybus and his wife...
