Polyidus (mythology)

For other uses, see Polyidus (disambiguation).

In Greek mythology, Polyidus (/ˌpɒliˈaɪdəs/; Ancient Greek: Πολύειδος Polúeidos means 'seeing many things') may refer to three distinct characters. The name also means "much beauty", from polus, "many, much" and eidos, "form, appearance, beauty".

• Polyidus, a Corinthian seer and descendant of Melampus.^[1]
• Polyidus, the Trojan son of Eurydamas and brother of Abas. He was a reader of dreams and an old man at the time of the Trojan War. Polyidus was killed by the Argive hero Diomedes.^[2]
• Polyidus, one of the Suitors of Penelope who came from Dulichium along with other 56 wooers.^[3] He, with the other suitors, was shot dead by Odysseus with the help of Eumaeus, Philoetius, and Telemachus.^[4]