InGreek mythology,Polypoetes (/ˌpɒlɪˈpiːtiːz/;Ancient Greek:Πολυποίτης,Polupoitēs) was a name attributed to the following individuals:

• Polypoetes, theAetolian son ofApollo andPhthia, brother ofDorus andLaodocus. He was killed byAetolus.^[1]
• Polypoetes, son ofHippodamia andPirithous. A native of theThessalian city of Gyrtone (Γυρτώνη), he led the armies ofThessaly on the side of theGreeks during theTrojan War.^[2] He was among those who vied forHelen's hand in marriage, and later occupied theTrojan horse. Following the death ofPatroclus, he won an early version ofquoits, winning a 5-year supply of iron.^[3] After the war, he was present at the funerals ofCalchas andPatroclus. His close companion wasLeonteus.
• Polypoetes, one of theSuitors ofPenelope who came fromDulichium along with other 56 wooers.^[4] He, with the other suitors, was killed byOdysseus with the help ofEumaeus,Philoetius, andTelemachus.^[5]
• Polypoetes, son ofOdysseus andCallidice, queen of the Thesprotians. He succeeded his mother to the throne following her death.^[6]

• Apollodorus,The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer,The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924.ISBN 978-0674995796.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.

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