Polydorus

[ pol-i-dawr-uhs, -dohr- ]

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noun

flourished 1st century b.c., Greek sculptor who, with Agesander and Athenodorus, carved the Laocoön group.

Seeking to found a city, they are warned away by the ghost of Polydorus and visit Anius in Ortygia (19-99).

In a dialogue full of terrible irony Hecuba inquires about Polydorus, saying she has the secret of a treasure to reveal.

So Jason was dead; and his brothers Polydorus and Polyphron were appointed princes in his place.

But first they made a great funeral for Polydorus, making a high mound of earth, and building thereon an altar to the dead.

But Polydorus was a brave youth, and he wished to show his swiftness, for in speed of foot he excelled all the young men of Troy.

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