[526] Polites is mentioned several times in Hom. as one of Priam's sons, being celebrated Il. 2. 791 for his swiftness of foot. Dictys 2. 43 speaks of him as slain in battle during the siege; Q. Smyrnaeus 13. 214 agrees with Virg. We shall find a son of Polites introduced A. 5. 564. ‘Elapsus Pyrrhi de caede:’ he had escaped being killed on the spot, though he carried with him a mortal wound. ‘Pyrrhi caede,’ like “volnere Ulixi,” v. 436.
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