Polyxenus

<p>In <a href="/facts/Greek_mythology/M7k4FvW8">Greek mythology</a>, Polyxenus or Polyxeinus /pəˈlɪksɪnəs/  is a name that may refer to:
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<ul><li>Polyxenus, one of the first priests of <a href="/facts/Demeter/msJN4G3H">Demeter</a> and one of the first to learn the secrets of the <a href="/facts/Eleusinian_Mysteries/SlEzsbzC">Eleusinian Mysteries</a>.</li>
<li>Polyxenus, son of <a href="/facts/Agasthenes/vz67zRt6">Agasthenes</a> and Peloris, king of <a href="/facts/Ancient_Elis/prfwVshs">Elis</a>. He was counted among the suitors of <a href="/facts/Helen_of_Troy/3zgevnGS">Helen</a>, and accordingly participated in the <a href="/facts/Trojan_War/pBG5VawT">Trojan War</a>, having brought 40 ships with him. He returned home safely after the war, and had a son <a href="/facts/Amphimachus/8es2VMST">Amphimachus</a>, whom he possibly named after his friend Amphimachus (son of <a href="/facts/Cteatus/VNQ3xhp1">Cteatus</a>), who had died at Troy.</li>
<li>Polyxenus, king of Elis, was said to have been entrusted with the stolen cattle by the <a href="/facts/Taphians/tXQYKdc8">Taphians</a> under <a href="/facts/Pterelaus/1KrsppYw">Pterelaus</a>; the cattle was ransomed from him by <a href="/facts/Amphitryon/B5DJaXHX">Amphitryon</a>. This Polyxenus, however, appears to be a figure distinct from Polyxenus, son of Agasthenes, since he lived two generations before the Trojan War.</li>
<li>Polyxenus, also called <a href="/facts/Medus/UJBURg9X">Medus</a>, son of the hero <a href="/facts/Jason/UfhGtQkd">Jason</a> and the <a href="/facts/Colchis/9VuhBeoK">Colchian</a> sorceress <a href="/facts/Medea/bf2scTHY">Medea</a>, the daughter of King <a href="/facts/Ae%25C3%25ABtes/pxlj3YCG">Aeëtes</a>. He was the brother of <a href="/facts/Eriopis/xCD19Pkh">Eriopis</a>.</li></ul>

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