Polyidus
Pŏlyĭdus, i, m., = Πολύϊδος,
- a soothsayer, native of Corinth, Cic. Div. 1, 40, 89; id. Leg. 2, 13, 33.
Pŏlyĭdus, ī, m. (Πολύϊδος), augure de Corinthe : Cic. Div. 1, 89.
Polyīdus
(Πολύϊδος). The son of Coeranus, grandson of Abas, greatgrandson of Melampus, father of Euchenor, Astycratia, and Manto; like his ancestor, a celebrated seer, who flourished, according to different accounts, either at Corinth or Argos or Megara. To his son he prophesied his death before Troy; and the son of Minos, Glaucus (q.v.), he raised from the dead. At Megara he cleansed Alcathoüs from the murder of his son Callipolis, and erected a temple of Dionysus.
Polyidus
Polyidus, son of Coeranus
- builds sanctuary of Dionysus: Paus. 1.43.5
- son of Coeranus, a diviner, restores Glaucus to life by means of a magic herb: Apollod. 3.2.2, Apollod. 3.3.1
- imparts to him the art of divination, but afterwards deprives him of it: Apollod. 3.3.1
- departs to Argos: Apollod. 3.3.1
- Apollod. E.7.25