Polydectes

Colonizes Seriphus with his brother Dictys.

Genealogy

Magnes

Dictys

Place

Seriphus

Events
  1. Polydectes and Dictys colonize Seriphus
  2. Perseus prevents Polydectes from courting Danae
  3. Polydectes sends Perseus to retrieve the Gorgon’s head
  4. Dictys and Danae take refuge from Polydectes at an altar
  5. Perseus turns Polydectes and his fellow conspirators into stone
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.6
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.2
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.3
  4. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 22.7
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