Called 'wise Polybus' by Homer — father of Eurymachus and himself among the last suitors still fighting when the bow had slain the rest, with Agelaus, Eurynomus, Amphimedon and Demoptolemus in the spear-fight before the hall ran with blood.1
When Athena watched from the roof-beam in the guise of a swallow, Agelaus son of Damastor urged on Eurynomus, Amphimedon, Demoptolemus, Peisander son of Polyctor, and wise Polybus — in valiance the best of all the wooers who still lived and fought for their lives, while the bow and swiftly-falling arrows had laid the rest low.2
He fought in the last exchange of spears that followed, until the king, Telemachus, and the loyal herdsmen drove the survivors back and finished the mnesterophonia.3
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