Galaxy/The codex of Poliporthes

In Apollodorus' Epitome, the son whom Penelope bore to Odysseus on Ithaca while he was absent reigning in Thesprotia — a child Homer never names beside Telemachus.1

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Apollodorus says that when Odysseus, after Callidice's death, handed the Thesprotian kingdom to Polypoetes and returned to Ithaca, he found Poliporthes, whom Penelope had borne to him in his absence.2

the spine ignites as you read · hover a bond on the card — every mention of them lights in the story

BEYOND THE POETS

How the centuries since have seen Poliporthes — art, artifacts and echoes.

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