Polydorus

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Polydorus is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally known as the youngest son of King Priam of Troy whose tragic death is recounted in various ancient sources.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Trojan prince
mythological figure
associatedEvent Trojan War NERFINISHED
associatedPlace Troy NERFINISHED
associatedTheme betrayal of guest-friendship
horrors of war
innocent youth
avengedBy Hecuba NERFINISHED
betrayedBy Polymestor NERFINISHED
bodyDisposed thrown into the sea
culture Greek mythology
deathCause murder
deathMotiveOfKiller greed for treasure
ethnicity Trojan NERFINISHED
familyHouse House of Priam NERFINISHED
father Priam NERFINISHED
gender male
guardian Polymestor NERFINISHED
languageOfLaterSource Latin
languageOfPrimarySources Ancient Greek
literaryFunction exemplum of violated xenia
mentionedIn Euripides' Hecuba NERFINISHED
Iliad NERFINISHED
Ovid's Metamorphoses NERFINISHED
Virgil's Aeneid NERFINISHED
mother Hecuba NERFINISHED
notableAdaptation subject of Euripides' tragedy Hecuba
notableEpisodeInAeneid encounter with Aeneas in Thrace as bleeding shrub
positionInFamily youngest son of Priam
posthumousRevelationTo Hecuba NERFINISHED
reasonSent to be kept safe with treasure during Trojan War
religiousContext heroic cult and funerary themes in Greek religion
roleInHecuba ghost narrator at beginning of play
sentBy Priam NERFINISHED
sentTo Thrace NERFINISHED
sibling Cassandra NERFINISHED
Deiphobus NERFINISHED
Hector NERFINISHED
Helenus NERFINISHED
Paris NERFINISHED
Troilus NERFINISHED
symbolism embodiment of innocent victims of war
timePeriodInMyth mythic age of Trojan War
transformationMotif body discovered as washed-up corpse

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Priam child Polydorus
Helenus sibling Polydorus