Polites of Troy

In Greek mythology, Polites (Ancient Greek: Πολίτης) was the legitimate son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba. He was a prince of Troy, and brother of 49 other children, including 12 daughters. He was killed by Neoptolemus (Pyrrhus), son of Achilles, who then killed his father.[1]

Hippolyte Flandrin, Polites

Mythology

Early life

Polites was born to Priam, King of Troy, and Hecuba, his wife. He lived in Troy during his youth, was crowned prince of Troy, and was styled his royal Majesty.[1] During his youth, Polites witnessed the Trojan War and was a supporting character in the Iliad.[2]

Death in the Trojan War

During the passage of the Trojan Horse in the Trojan War, Polites was one of those who accepted the gift. During the fall of Troy and the attempted escape to Latium, Neoptolemus shot an arrow in Polites' leg. Polites fell, escaping Neoptolemus, who pursued Polites to his father's palace. Priam called on the gods to punish Neoptolemus, but in that scene, Priam was also killed by Neoptolemus.[1][2][3]

gollark: It might actually be worse in that case, because at least for the universe thing you can just lean on the anthropic principle - if things *had* gone differently such that we did not exist, we would not be here to complain about it.

gollark: I am saying that gods are also complicated so this doesn't answer anything.

gollark: For purposes only, you understand.

gollark: There are lots of *imaginable* and *claimed* gods, so I'm saying "gods".

gollark: So basically, the "god must exist because the universe is complex" thing ignores the fact that it... isn't really... and that gods would be pretty complex too, and does not answer any questions usefully because it just pushes off the question of why things exist to why *god* exists.

Notes

Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(4867) Polites". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (4867) Polites. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 420. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_4761. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
Homer, Iliad, Book II, verse 791; Book XIII, verse 533
Virgil. Aeneid, II.

References

Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital xLibrary.
Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
Publius Vergilius Maro, Aeneid. Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
Publius Vergilius Maro, Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

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[springer-1] Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(4867) Polites". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (4867) Polites. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 420. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_4761. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.

[il_ii_xiii-2] Homer, Iliad, Book II, verse 791; Book XIII, verse 533

[3] Virgil. Aeneid, II.