Polypoetes
Pŏlўpœtēs, æ, m. (Πολυποίτης), fils de Pirithoüs, un des prétendants dʼHélène : Hyg. Fab. 8.
Polypoetes
(Πολυποίτης).
1. A son of Apollo and Phthia. (Apollod. 1.7.6; comp. Aetolus.)
Polypoetes
2. A son of Peirithous and Hippodameia, was one of the Lapithae, who joined the Greeks in the Trojan war, commanding the men of Argissa, Gyrtone, Orthe, Elone and Oloosson. (Hom. Il. 2.738, &c., comp. 6.29, 12.129.) At the funeral games of Patroclus, he gained the victory in throwing the iron ball. (Il. 23.836, &c.) After the fall of Troy, Polypoetes and Leonteus are said to have founded the town of Aspendus in Pamphylia. (Eustath. ad Hom. p. 334.) [L.S]
Polypoetes
Polypoetes, son of Apollo by Phthia
- killed by Aetolus: Apollod. 1.7.5
- Paus. 10.26.2
- son of Pirithous, suitor of Helen: Apollod. 3.10.7
- leader of the Gyrtonians against Troy: Apollod. E.3.13
- goes to Colophon and helps to bury Calchas: Apollod. E.5.23
- queen of the Thesprotians: Apollod. E.7.34
- Apollod. E.7.25