InGreek mythology, the namePolymela orPolymele (Ancient Greek:Πολυμήλη,lit. 'many songs’, derived from polys, ‘many’ and melos, ‘song') may refer to the following figures:
Polymele, daughter ofPhylas and wife ofEchecles. She was loved byHermes, who spotted her while she was performing a ritual dance in honor ofArtemis, and had by him a son,Eudoros.[16]
Polymele, daughter ofAeolus. WhenOdysseus visited their island,[17] he fell in love with her and lay with her secretly. Soon after the guest's departure, Aeolus discovered his daughter crying over some spoils fromTroy which Odysseus had given to her as presents. Outraged, he was about to exact vengeance upon Polymele, but his sonDiores, who was in love with his own sister, intervened and implored Aeolus to marry her to him, to which Aeolus consented.[18]
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