Polyctor

In Greek mythology, Polyctor (Ancient Greek: Πολύκτωρ) may refer to the following figures:

• Polyctor, one of the sons of Aegyptus and Caliadne. He married (and was murdered by) Stygne, one of the Danaïdes, daughter of Danaus and Polyxo.[1]
• Polyctor, remembered for having made a basin of stone into which a spring ran, in Ithaca, together with Ithacus and Neritus. He had a son Pisander, who was one of the suitors of Penelope.[2]
• In Homer's Iliad, Hermes takes the guise of a young mortal man when he is sent to keep Priam safe during his embassy to Achilles, and claims to be the son of a certain Polyctor.[3]

Notes

1. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2.1.5
2. Homer, Odyssey 17.207 & 18.299
3. Homer, Iliad 24.397

References

• Homer, The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Pseudo-Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.