Polydorus

Scion, the youngest son of Priam and Hecuba in the tragic tradition. Entrusted with treasure to Polymestor of Thrace for safety during the war, he was murdered by his host for the gold once Troy had fallen and his body thrown into the sea. His corpse, washed ashore and recognised by Hecuba, set in motion her terrible revenge (Euripides, Hecuba). He is named among Hecuba children in the registry Hecuba entry. Homer assigns him a different mother, Laothoe; the registry follows the Euripidean-Apollodoran descent from Hecuba. Distinct from Polydorus of Thebes, son of Cadmus and Harmonia.

Parentage

• paternal: Priam
• maternal: Hecuba

Relations

• sibling: HectorApollod. 3.12.5, Epit. 5.23 (primary)
• sibling: PolyxenaEur. Hec.; Apollod. Epit. 5.23 (primary)
• killed by: Polymestor (king of the Thracian Chersonese, guest-friend of Priam who murdered Polydorus for his gold) · GreekPolymestor, Thracian king; entry pending in registry.Eur. Hec. 25-54; Ov. Met. 13.430-438 (primary)

Sources

• existence: Euripides, Hecuba 1-58, 1132-1182; Apollodorus Epitome 5.23; Ovid, Metamorphoses 13.429-438, 536-575; Virgil, Aeneid 3.19-68 (primary)
• parentage: Euripides, Hecuba 1-15; Apollodorus Epitome 5.23 (son of Priam and Hecuba) (primary)