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

(Πολύδωρος).

1. A son of Cadmus and Harmonia, was king of Thebes, and husband of Nycteis, by whom he became the father of Labdacus. (Hes. Th. 978; Apollod. 3.4.2, 5.5; Paus. 2.6.2, 9.5.1, &c.; Hdt. 5.59.)