Polydorus

American  

[pol-i-dawr-uhs, -dohr-] / ˌpɒl ɪˈdɔr əs, -ˈdoʊr- /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

In what one might call the frame novel, Susan Ryeland — the now-retired book editor who first appeared in “Magpie Murders”— has been living for two years in Crete with her lover-fiance, Andreas, where they manage the family-run, slightly down-at-the-heels Polydorus Hotel.

From Washington Post

One morning, a well-to-do couple named Lawrence and Pauline Treherne unexpectedly show up at the Polydorus, practically begging for Susan’s help.

From Washington Post

Another production, the offspring of a kindred pen, was the Love Letters between Polydorus, the Gothic King, and Messalina, late Queen of Albion.

From Project Gutenberg

Hec´uba learned soon after the sad fate of her son Polydorus.

From Project Gutenberg

Pausanias records the tradition that at the time Zeus hurled the thunderbolt which destroyed Semele and her bridal chamber a log fell from heaven which Polydorus adorned with bronze and called Dionysus Cadmus.

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