- 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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Dictys was
Polydectes ("he who receives/welcomes many"), the king of the island. When ****us was
growing up on the
island of Seriphus,
Polydectes came to...
-
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...
-
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...
-
where they were
taken in by the
fisherman Dictys—the
brother of King
Polydectes—who
raised ****us to
manhood in the
temple of Athena. The King was charmed...
- 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...
- ****us
using the
severed head of
Medusa to turn King
Polydectes to stone...
- ****us
turning King
Polydectes to
stone with the head of Medusa....
