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Not who you're looking for? Others named Polydorus: set of mythological Greek characters · mythological Theban prince, son of Cadmus · 1726 opera by Carl Heinrich Graun · son of Astyanax
Polydorus or Polydoros (; , i.e. "many-gift[ed]") is the youngest son of Priam in the mythology of the Trojan War. While Homer states his mother is Laothoe, later sources state his mother is Hecuba. Polydorus is an example of the fluid nature of myth, as his role and story vary significantly in different traditions and sources.
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