In Greek mythology, the female name Polymede (Ancient Greek: Πολυμήδη) may refer to:
- Polymede, daughter of Autolycus by Mestra, Neaera or Amphithea; and the possible mother of Jason by Aeson, King of Iolcus.[1] She was also called Polymele[2] or Polypheme;[3] otherwise the mother of the hero was either (1) Alcimede, daughter of Phylacus;[4] (2) Amphinome;[5] (3) Rhoeo, daughter of Staphylus;[6] (4) Theognete, daughter of Laodicus;[7] and lastly, (5) Arne or (6) Scarphe.[8]
- Polymede, mother of Nestor by Neleus, king of Pylos.[9] Otherwise, Nestor's mother was known as Chloris,[10] a Minyan princess and daughter of King Amphion of Orchomenus.[11]
- ^ Apollodorus, 1.9.16; Tzetzes on Lycophron, 175 & 872
- ^ Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 38; Tzetzes, Chiliades 6.979; Scholia ad Homer, Odyssey 12.69 with Hesiod as the authority
- ^ Scholia ad Apollonius Rhodius, 1.45 with Herodorus as authority
- ^ Apollonius Rhodius, 1.47, 233 & 259; Scholia ad ibid, 1.45 & ad Homer, Odyssey 12.69, both have Pherecydes as the authority; Valerius Flaccus, 1.297; Hyginus, Fabulae 3, 13 & 14
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, 4.50.2
- ^ Tzetzes, Chiliades 6.979
- ^ Scholia ad Apollonius Rhodius, 1.45 with Andron on Epitome of Affinity as the source
- ^ Tzetzes ad Lycophron, 872
- ^ Tzetzes, Allegories of the Iliad Prologue 517
- ^ Tzetzes, Allegories of the Iliad Prologue 516
- ^ Scholia ad Homer, Odyssey 11.281 citing Pherecydes; Apollodorus, 1.9.9