Polydora (Danaide)

Polydora ( Greek  Πολυδώρα ) is a figure in Greek mythology .

She was one of the 50 daughters of the Argive king Danaos . From a river god - Peneios or Spercheios , depending on tradition - she became the mother of Dryops , who gave the Dryoper its name .

Possibly she is to be regarded as identical with Polydora , the daughter of Peleus .

literature

• Hans von Geisau : Polydora 2. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 4, Stuttgart 1972, column 993.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Otto Höfer : Polydora 9 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 3.2, Leipzig 1909, Col. 2642 f. ( Digitized version ).