Polydora daughter of Peleus

Mortal woman

A character named in Homer's Iliad. The English introduction is not yet available.

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A. T. Murray, Loeb Classical Library, Harvard University Press, 1924 · Homer, Iliad with an English Translation · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

“Him did fair Polydora, daughter of Peleus, bear to tireless Spercheius, a woman couched with a god, but in name she bare him to Borus, son of Perieres, who openly wedded her, when he had given gifts of wooing past counting. And of the next company warlike Eudorus was captain,”
Il. 16.175–179

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Brother · Sources
Brother · Sources

Братство или сестринство выведено из общего родителя: Пелей. Матери и отцы, не указанные в источнике, не предполагаются. Квалификация братства/сестринства: Илиада: Общий родитель подтверждён; роль отца или матери не установлена. Общие родители: Пелей (отец Ахиллеса).

Wikidata: Пелей (отец Ахиллеса) — роль родителя · P22 Wikidata: Фетида — роль родителя · P25
The wrath sing, goddess, of Peleus' son, Achilles, that destructive wrath which brought countless woes upon the Achaeans, and sent forth to Hades many valiant souls of heroes, and made them themselves spoil for dogs and every bird; thus the plan of Zeus came to fulfillment,
Il. 1.1
Do not thus, mighty though you are, godlike Achilles, seek to deceive me with your wit; for you will not get by me nor persuade me. Are you willing, so that your yourself may keep your prize, for me to sit here idly in want, while you order me to give her back? No, if the great-hearted Achaeans give me a prize,
Il. 1.130
the word of Athene. She returned to Olympus to the palace of aegis-bearing Zeus, to join the company of the other gods. But the son of Peleus again addressed with violent words the son of Atreus, and in no way ceased from his wrath: Heavy with wine, with the face of a dog but the heart of a deer,
Il. 1.223

Il. 1.1 · Il. 1.130 · Il. 1.223 · Il. 1.277 · Il. 1.322 · Il. 1.396 · Il. 2.377 · Il. 2.770 · Il. 8.225 · Il. 8.372 · Il. 8.474 · Il. 9.106 · Il. 9.166 · Il. 9.206 · Il. 9.252 · Il. 9.394–400 · Il. 9.434 · Il. 9.690 · Il. 9.698 · Il. 10.393 · Il. 11.783 · Il. 13.113 · Il. 15.64 · Il. 15.74 · Il. 16.15 · Il. 16.33 · Il. 16.134 · Il. 16.168 · Il. 16.175 · Il. 16.269 · Il. 16.653 · Il. 17.104 · Il. 17.196 · Il. 17.504 · Il. 17.557 · Il. 18.18 · Il. 18.22 · Il. 18.166 · Il. 18.267 · Il. 18.354 · Il. 19.83 · Il. 19.154 · Il. 19.215 · Il. 19.334 · Il. 19.348 · Il. 20.88 · Il. 20.160 · Il. 20.200 · Il. 20.288 · Il. 20.320 · Il. 20.364 · Il. 20.431 · Il. 21.153 · Il. 21.188 · Il. 21.205 · Il. 21.285 · Il. 21.520 · Il. 22.7 · Il. 22.58 · Il. 22.92 · Il. 22.113 · Il. 22.214 · Il. 22.229 · Il. 22.277 · Il. 22.420–421 · Il. 22.455 · Il. 23.277 · Il. 23.353 · Il. 23.776 · Il. 23.792 · Il. 24.59 · Il. 24.151 · Il. 24.180 · Il. 24.406 · Il. 24.458 · Il. 24.486 · Il. 24.507 · Il. 24.540 · Il. 24.572

Beloved · Sources
Beloved · Sources

В повествовании прямо сказано, что Полидора, дочь Пелея, родила Менесфия, сойдясь со Сперхеем. Это любовная связь; мужем Полидоры в следующих стихах (16.177–178) назван Бор. Оба родительства Менесфия уже представлены отдельными связями.

Him did fair Polydora, daughter of Peleus, bear to tireless Spercheius, a woman couched with a god, but in name she bare him to Borus, son of Perieres, who openly wedded her, when he had given gifts of wooing past counting. And of the next company warlike Eudorus was captain,
Il. 16.175–176

Il. 16.175–176

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