Poliporthes
In Greek mythology Poliporthes (also known as Ptoliporthes or Ptoliporthus) (Ancient Greek: Πολιπόρθης and Πτολιπόρθης) was the son born to Odysseus and Penelope after the former's return from the Trojan War.[1] He was so named ("destroyer of cities") because Odysseus had sacked the city of Troy (cf., e.g., Od.8.3).[2]
In the Bibliotheca of Apollodorus there is a retelling of the Odyssey: after Odysseus returned home and killed the suitors he departed to Thesprotia and had a child named Polypoetes with Callidice, the queen of the region, before returning to Ithaca. Upon returning, he discovered that Penelope had given birth to Poliporthes.[3] Pausanias mentions a now-lost epic poem Thesprotis, in which he is present.[4]
Alternatively, he was the son of Telemachus and Nausicaa and Odysseus gave him this name.[2]
Notes
[edit]- ↑ Scherling, para. 1.
- 1 2 Dictys Cretensis, Trojan War Chronicle, 6.6
- ↑ Apollodorus, The Library, E.7.35
- ↑ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 8.12.5-6
References
[edit]- Scherling, Karl, "Poliportes", in Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft, Band XXI, Halbband 2, edited by Konrat Ziegler, Stuttgart, J. B. Metzler, 1952. Wikisource.
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