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In Greek mythology, Polydorus (/ˌpɒlˈdɔːrəs/ or /ˌpɒlˈdɒrəs/; Ancient Greek: Πολύδωρος, i.e. "many-gift[ed]") or Polydoros referred to several different people.

  • An Argive, son of Hippomedon was called . Pausanias lists him as one of the Epigoni, who attacked Thebes in retaliation for the deaths of their fathers, the Seven Against Thebes, who died attempting the same thing.
  • Prince Polydorus, son of the King Cadmus and goddess Harmonia, fathered Labdacus by his wife Nycteis.
  • Prince Polydorus, a Trojan, was the King Priam's youngest son.
  • Polydorus (son of Astyanax)
  • Polydorus of Sparta (reigned from c. 741 to c. 665 BC)
  • In art, Polydorus was:

  • One of the three Rhodian sculptors who created the sculpture Laocoön and His Sons and signed the Sperlonga sculptures
  • References

    Polydorus Wikipedia