Polybus (mythology)

For other uses, see Polybus (disambiguation).

In Greek mythology, Polybus (Ancient Greek: Πόλυβος) may refer to the following personages:

• Polybus, father by Argia of Argus, builder of the ship Argo.^[1] Others credited Danaus^[2] or Arestor^[3] to be this Argonaut's father.
• Polybus, king of Corinth who was best known for having reared Oedipus.^[4]
• Polybus, son of Hermes and king of Sicyon.^[5]
• Polybus, king of the Egyptian Thebes.^[6]
• Polybus, father of Eurymachus, one of the suitors of Penelope.^[7]
• Polybus, son of Antenor.^[8]
• Polybus, a skilled Phaeacian craftsman who made a beautiful ball for Halius and Laodamas to play with.^[9]
• Polybus, one of the suitors of Penelope who came from Zacynthus along with other 43 wooers.^[10] He was killed by Eumaeus, swineheard and friend of Odysseus.^[11]
• Polybus, another suitor of Penelope from Zacynthus.^[10] He suffered the same fate as his above namesake.^[12]