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Polybus

maker of Laodamas and Halius’s ball

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Canonical name
Polybus
Disambiguator
maker of Laodamas and Halius’s ball
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Individual
Editorial note
The current source identifies this Polybus only as maker of the dancers’ ball and does not establish identity with either registry Polybus.

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Claims

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Polybus makes the red ball used by Laodamas and Halius in their dance.

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So they took a red ball which Polybus had made for them, and one of them bent himself backwards and threw it up towards the clouds, while the other jumped from off the ground and caught it with ease before it came down again.

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a red ball which Polybus had made for them

Passage preview

Book 8 · Passage 32

Then Alcinous told Laodamas and Halius to dance alone, for there was no one to compete with them. So they took a red ball which Polybus had made for them, and one of them bent himself backwards and threw it up towards the clouds, while the other jumped from off the ground and caught it with ease before it came down again. When they had done throwing the ball straight up into the air they began to dance, and at the same time kept on throwing it backwards and forwards to one another, while all the young men in the ring applauded and made a great stamping with their feet. Then Ulysses said: