Son of Neleus and Chloris, to whom Poseidon granted the power of changing his form; he fought as lion, snake, and bee when Heracles sacked Pylos, and was slain with his brothers — Nestor alone survived.1
Homer counts him among the glorious sons that Chloris bore to Neleus at Pylos — Nestor, Chromius, and lordly Periclymenus — in the same roll that makes Pero the wonder sought by every suitor in the land.2
Apollodorus names him in the full Neleid brood and gives him his wonder: Poseidon granted Periclymenus the power of changing his shape. When Heracles ravaged Pylus, Periclymenus turned himself into a lion, a snake, and a bee in the fight, but was slain by Heracles with the other sons of Neleus; Nestor alone was left.3
Apollodorus also numbers him among the Argonauts — Periclymenus, son of Neleus — so that the shape-shifter of sandy Pylos sailed with Jason before the hero's return brought ruin on his father's house.4
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