Polytechnus

A mythical artificer (τέκτων) at Colophon, mentioned by Antoninus Liberalis. His wife Aëdon challenged him enter upon a contest with her, which ended badly. He was changed by Zeus into a pelican.

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References

Sources

  • Antoninus Liberalis, ii. pp. 70-72.
  • Rochette, R. Lettre à M. Scorn, pp. 390, 391.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.