Polymela (daughter of Aiolus)
Polymela ( Greek Πολυμήλα "the kingdoms of the herds ") is a figure in Greek mythology .
At Parthenios , who wrote an Epyllion named Hermes in the 4th century BC. Active poet Philetas , Polymele was one of the daughters of Aiolus . When Odysseus roamed the Sicilian and Tyrrhenian seas during his wanderings , he came to the island of Aiolus , was hospitable and entertained by it for a long time. Because Aiolos admired Odysseus because of his wisdom and had all events before Troy reported to him, but also the events after the Trojan War , which led to the ships of the returning Greeks being scattered.
Odysseus, who fell in love with Polymela and had begun a secret relationship with her, gladly extended his stay on the island of Aiolos and enjoyed the time. After his departure, which he had started with the cream puff of Aiolos for a safe return home, Polymela was found jealously guarding some pieces of the Trojan booty that Odysseus had given her and playing with them tearfully. After the relationship revealed in this way, Aiolos cursed Odysseus and wanted to severely punish Polymela. But her brother Diores , who was really attached to his sister, asked for her hand, which Aiolos granted. The sibling marriage among the children of Aiolus was not uncommon; rather, all six sons of Aiolus were married to his six daughters, as Archinos, the author of a local history of Thessaly , explained in a Scholion to Homer's Odyssey .
swell
- Parthenios, Narrationes amatoriae 2
literature
- Otto Höfer : Polymela, -mele 4 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 3.2, Leipzig 1909, column 2654 ( digitized version ).
Remarks
- ↑ Archinos in the Scholion at Homer, Odyssey 10.7.