Victory Odes · Character
Polydeukes
One of the Dioscuri, twin brother of Kastor, patron of athletes.
minor
Also known as King Polydeukes
First appearance: victory odes
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In III For Theron of Akragas: Invoked as one of the Tyndarids, lords of hospitality, along with Kastor. Later, in XII For Midas of Akragas, on his victory in flute-playing, 490 BC: Mentioned as Polydektes, for whom…
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- Other
Character groups
- Victors, patrons, and mythological figures
- Protagonist
- Heracles and his family
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The emotional and psychological peak occurs in the revelation that the flute’s music—celebrated as Midas’s vic…
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- III For Theron of Akragas
- XII For Midas of Akragas, on his victory in flute-playing, 490 BC
- X For Theaius of Argos
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