Polybos (king)
Polybos ( ancient Greek Πόλυβος ), the son of Hermes and the Chthonophyle , was king of Sikyon in Greek mythology , according to other, probably more recent, traditions king of Corinth . More rarely it was localized in Tenea or in the Phokis or Boeotia . The myths about Polybos belong to the Theban sagas .
The discovery of a child falls under his rule. Because of its swollen feet, it was called Oedipus (swelling foot ). Shepherds found it in the Kithairon Mountains and brought it to his wife Periboia . According to Hyginus , she herself found the child by the sea. Since the marriage was childless, they accepted it and raised it like their own. Later they had their own daughters: Alkinoë , Lysianassa and Amphithea . Amphithea married Adrastos , the king of Argos . When he was expelled from his homeland, he fled to Polybos and after his death took control of the kingdom.
According to Sophocles , Polybos's wife and wet nurse of Oedipus was Merope .
Eusebius of Caesarea ascribes to Polybos between 40 and 45 years of reign, depending on tradition.
swell
- Libraries of Apollodorus 3.49.
- Eusebius of Caesarea, Chronicle .
- Hyginus Mythographus, Fabulae 66-67.
- Parthenios , love stories 27 (Alkinoe).
- Pausanias , traveling in Greece 2,6,6.
- Sophocles, King Oedipus 770.
- Strabo , Geographica 380.
literature
- Otto Höfer : Polybos 6 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 3.2, Leipzig 1909, Col. 2627-2636 ( digitized version ).
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Sicyon |
King of Sikyon 14th century BC BC (mythical chronology) |
Adrastos |
| Corinth |
King of Corinth 14th century BC BC (mythical chronology) |
Creon |