- Gr**** mythology, King
Polydectes /ˌpɒlɪˈdɛktiːz/ (Ancient Gr****: Πολυδέκτης) was the
ruler of the
island of Seriphos.
Polydectes was the son of either...
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brother of
Dictys was
Polydectes ("he who receives/welcomes many"), the king of the island. When ****us was grown,
Polydectes came to lust for the beautiful...
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discovered in Tar Heel
sediments from
neighboring Sampson County, was
named Polydectes biturgidus by
Edward Drinker Cope in 1869. In 1903, at
Willow Cr****, Montana...
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Polydectes (Ancient Gr****: Πολυδέκτης;
reigned from c. 835 to c. 805 BC) was king of
Sparta and a
member of the
Eurypontid dynasty. He was
succeeded by...
- hero ****us, who was sent to
fetch her head by King
Polydectes of
Seriphus because Polydectes wanted to
marry ****us's mother. The gods were well aware...
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killing Medusa, the hero used
winged sandals to
transport her head to King
Polydectes. As he was
flying over Egypt, some of her
blood fell to the ground, which...
- four men in Gr**** mythology. Dictys, a
fisherman and
brother of King
Polydectes of Seriphos, both
being the sons of
Magnes and a Naiad, or of Peristhenes...
- ****us
turning King
Polydectes to
stone with the head of Medusa....
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According to Apollodorus'
version of
their story, ****us was
ordered by
Polydectes (his enemy) to
bring back the head of Medusa. So
guided by
Hermes and...
- back to King
Polydectes, ****us used Medusa's head to turn
Atlas to
stone where he
became a mountain. Upon ****us' return, King
Polydectes did not believe...
