InGreek mythology,Podarces (Ancient Greek:Ποδάρκης) was a son ofIphiclus (son ofPhylacus, founder ofPhylace) byDiomedeia^[1] and the brother ofProtesilaus. In some accounts, he and his brother were called the sons of Phylacus andAstyoche instead.^[2]

InHomer'sIliad, Podarces and Protesilaus were former suitors ofHelen, and therefore bound to defend the marriage rights ofMenelaus, her husband, when Helen was kidnapped byParis. After Protesilaus was killed byHector, Podarces led the Phylacian troops in theTrojan War, on the side of the Greeks. According to thePosthomerica, byQuintus of Smyrna, he was killed byPenthesilea, the Queen of the Amazons.

Podarces was also the original name ofPriam, king ofTroy.^[3]

• Gaius Julius Hyginus,Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies.Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• March, Jennifer R.,Cassell's Dictionary of Classical Mythology. Sterling Publishing Company, Inc., 2001,ISBN 0-304-35788-X, pp. 640–641.

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