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Polypheides
In
Greek mythology
, the name
Polypheides
or
Polyphides
may
refer
to:
Polypheides, son of
Mantius
and
brother
of
Cleitus
. He was
granted
prophetic
skills
by
Apollo
and became
the best
seer
among
mortals
after the death
of
Amphiaraus
; he dwelt in
Hyperesia
and had a son
Theoclymenus
. A slightly different
account
of his
life
was given by Pherecydes: according to it, Polypheides
married
Aechme
,
daughter
of
Haemon
, and
settled
in
Eleusis
, where two
sons
, Theoclymenus and
Harmonides
, were
born
to him.
Polypheides,
lord
of
Sicyon
, to whom
Agamemnon
and
Menelaus
were entrusted by their
nurse
or sent by
Aegisthus
after the
murder
of
Atreus
. He further sent them to
Oeneus
.
