{{Short description|Characters in Greek mythology}} {{For|the genus of moth|Polypoetes (moth)}}
In Greek mythology, '''Polypoetes''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|p|ɒ|l|ᵻ|ˈ|p|iː|t|iː|z}}; {{langx|grc|Πολυποίτης}}, ''Polupoitēs'') was a name attributed to the following individuals:
*Polypoetes, the Aetolian son of Apollo and Phthia, brother of Dorus and Laodocus. He was killed by Aetolus.<ref>Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.7.6&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=1:chapter=7&highlight=Polypoetes 1.7.6]</ref> *Polypoetes, son of Hippodamia and Pirithous. A native of the Thessalian city of Gyrtone (Γυρτώνη), he led the armies of Thessaly on the side of the Greeks during the Trojan War.<ref>Homer, ''Iliad'' 2.740</ref> He was among those who vied for Helen's hand in marriage, and later occupied the Trojan horse. Following the death of Patroclus, he won an early version of quoits, winning a 5-year supply of iron.<ref>Homer, ''Iliad'' 23.836</ref> After the war, he was present at the funerals of Calchas and Patroclus. His close companion was Leonteus. *Polypoetes, one of the Suitors of Penelope who came from Dulichium along with other 56 wooers.<ref>Apollodorus, Epitome [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg002.perseus-eng1:e.7.26 7.26–27]</ref> He, with the other suitors, was killed by Odysseus with the help of Eumaeus, Philoetius, and Telemachus.<ref>Apollodorus, Epitome [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg002.perseus-eng1:e.7.33 7.33]</ref> *Polypoetes, son of Odysseus and Callidice, queen of the Thesprotians. He succeeded his mother to the throne following her death.<ref>Apollodorus [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022%3Atext%3DEpitome%3Abook%3DE%3Achapter%3D7%3Asection%3D35 E.7.35]</ref>
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== References ==
* Apollodorus, ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] * Homer, ''The Iliad'' with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. {{ISBN|978-0674995796|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0134 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
{{Characters in the Iliad|state=collapsed}} {{Greek myth index}}
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