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Polybus of Thebes

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Polybus (Ancient Greek: Πόλυβος) was the king of Thebes (in Egypt) and husband of Alcandre. Menelaus and Helen stayed in his court for a while after the Trojan War.[1][2] According to the Egyptian historian Manetho, Polybus was identical to king Thuoris, who can be identified with the ruling queen Twosret.[3]

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  1. ^ Homer, Odyssey 4.126
  2. ^ Homer; Rieu, Emile (2003). The Odyssey. London: Penguin Books. p. 44. ISBN 978-0-14-044911-2.
  3. ^ William Gillian Waddell (ed), Manetho. The Loeb Classical Library 350, ser. ed. George P. Goold. London and Cambridge: William Heinemann ltd. and Harvard University Press. 1940. ISBN 0-674-99385-3, pp. 149-151

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