A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

(Πολύξενος), a son of Agasthenes

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grandson of Augeas, and father of Amphimachus, was the commander of the Epeians in the war against Troy. (Hom. Il. 2.623; Paus. 5.3. sect; 4.) There are three other mythical personages of this name, one a king of Eleusis (Hom. Hymn. in Cer. 154), the second a king of Elis (Apollod. 2.4.6), and the third a son of Jason and Medeia. (Paus. 2.7.)

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