Polites is the name of two characters in Greek mythology of the Trojan War, and a genus of butterflies.

• Polites (friend of Odysseus) is a Greek warrior in the Iliad.^[1]
• Polites (prince of Troy) is a Trojan killed by Neoptolemus.^[2]

Other use

• Polites (butterfly) is a genus of grass skipper butterflies

Notes

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. ISBN 978-0674995796. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. ISBN 978-0198145318. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer, The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. ISBN 978-0674995611. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.