Polyxenus

In Greek mythology, Polyxenus /pəˈlɪksᵻnəs/ (Ancient Greek: Πολύξενος, Poluxenos, or Πολύξεινος, Poluxeinos) is a name that may refer to:

• One of the first priests of Demeter and one of the first to learn the secrets of the Eleusinian Mysteries.^[1]
• Son of Agasthenes and Peloris, king of Elis. He was counted among the suitors of Helen,^[2] and accordingly participated in the Trojan War, having brought 40 ships with him.^[3][4][5][6] He returned home safely after the war, and had a son Amphimachus, whom he possibly named after his friend Amphimachus (son of Cteatus), who had died at Troy.^[7] Polyxenus, king of Elis, was also said to have been entrusted with the stolen cattle by the Taphians under Pterelaus; the cattle was ransomed from him by Amphitryon.^[8] This Polyxenus, however, appears to be a figure distinct from Polyxenus, son of Agasthenes, since he lived two generations before the Trojan War.
• A son of Jason and Medea.^[9]

References

1. Homeric Hymn 2 to Demeter, 477
2. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3. 10. 8; Hyginus, Fabulae, 81
3. Homer, Iliad, 2. 624
4. Hyginus, Fabulae, 97
5. Dictys Cretensis, 1. 17 & 3. 5
6. Dares Phrygius, 14
7. Pausanias, Description of Greece, 5. 3. 4
8. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2. 4. 6
9. Pausanias, Description of Greece, 2. 3. 8 with a reference to Hellanicus