Galaxy/The codex of Polybus

One of the three sons of Antenor who stood with Hector, Polydamas, and Aeneas when battle raged about the ships — a namesake of Polybus the Ithacan suitor and of other Polybus figures, but Homer fixes this man among the Dardanian princes.1

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When the fight turned grim about the hollow ships, the Trojans gathered about great Hector, peerless Polydamas, godlike Aeneas, and the three sons of AntenorPolybus, goodly Agenor, and young Acamas, like to the immortals.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 Polybus — art, artifacts and echoes.

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