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POLYMESTORE, king of Thracian Chersonesus, was one of the valiant Trojans who defended the city against the Greeks in Boccaccio's Il Filostrato (1333-1339) IV.3.

Polymestore is among the heroes who try to prevent Antenor's capture by the Greeks, Tr IV.50-56. [Antenor: Monesteo: Polydamas: Rupheo: Santippe: Sarpedon]

The name occurs in final rhyming position, Tr IV.52.


Boccaccio, Tutte le opere, ed. V. Branca, II: 110.
From CHAUCER NAME DICTIONARY
Copyright © 1988, 1996 Jacqueline de Weever
Published by Garland Publishing, Inc., New York and London.

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