Polites

A companion of Odysseus, who is said to have been worshiped as a hero at Temesa in Italy.

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References

Sources

  • Homer. Odyssey x, 224.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.
  • Strabo. Geography vi, p. 255.

This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain.