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POLITE, POLYTES. Polytes was one of Priam's sons, whom Pyrrhus killed when the Greeks captured Troy (Aeneid II.526-558).

Pyrrhus's slaughter of Priam and his son Polytes appears in the Troy story, HF I.158-161. Antenor is taken prisoner in spite of the valiant efforts of the Trojan princes, including Polytes, Tr IV.50-56. The story of Antenor's capture appears in Boccaccio's Il Filostrato (1333-1339) IV.2-3. [Monesteo: Pirrus: Polydamas: Polymestore: Rupheo: Santippe: Sarpedon]

Polite, Boccaccio's form, appears once initially, Tr IV.53; Polytes, a spelling variant of Boccaccio's form, appears once medially, HF I.160.


Boccaccio, Tutte le opere, ed. V. Branca, II: 110; Virgil, Aeneid, ed. and trans. H.R. Fairclough, I: 328-331.
From CHAUCER NAME DICTIONARY
Copyright © 1988, 1996 Jacqueline de Weever
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