Polites

The son of Priam and Hecabe, and father of Priam the younger. Polites was a valiant warrior and famed for his fleetness of foot, but was killed by Neoptolemus when Troy fell.

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References

Sources

  • Homer. Iliad ii, 791; xiii, 533; xxiv, 250.
  • Virgil. Aeneid ii, 526; v, 564.