In Greek mythology, Polypheme (Ancient Greek: Πολυφήμην) may refer to the following:
- Polypheme, daughter of Autolycus and the possible mother of Jason by Aeson, King of Iolcus.[1] She was also called Polymele[2] or Polymede;[3] otherwise the mother of the hero was either (1) Alcimede, daughter of Phylacus;[4] (2) Amphinome;[5] (3) Rhoeo, daughter of Staphylus;[6] (4) Theognete, daughter of Laodicus;[7] and lastly, (5) Arne or (6) Scarphe.[8]
- Polypheme, another form of the name Polyphemus, the Cyclops who was encountered by Odysseus in one his adventures to go back home at Ithaca.
References
edit- ^ Scholia ad Apollonius Rhodius, 1.45 with Herodorus as authority
- ^ Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 38; Tzetzes, Chiliades 6.979; Scholia ad Homer, Odyssey 12.69 with Hesiod as the authority
- ^ Apollodorus, 1.9.16; Tzetzes ad Lycophron, 175 & 872
- ^ Apollonius Rhodius, 1.47, 233 & 259; Scholia ad ibid, 1.45 & ad Homer, Odyssey 12.69, both have Pherecydes as the authority; Valerius Flaccus, 1.297; Hyginus, Fabulae 3, 13 & 14
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, 4.50.2
- ^ Tzetzes, Chiliades 6.979
- ^ Scholia ad Apollonius Rhodius, 1.45 with Andron on Epitome of Affinity as the source
- ^ Tzetzes ad Lycophron, 872
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