In Greek mythology, the name Periclymenus (; Ancient Greek: Περικλύμενος Periklymenos) may refer to:
- Periclymenus, a Pylian prince as the son of King Neleus[1] and Chloris.[2] He was one of the Argonauts.[3] His grandfather, Poseidon gave him the ability to shapeshift into various animals. He was killed by Herakles at Pylos, although he tried to escape in the form of an eagle.[4] He was the father of Penthilos[5] or by Pisidice, of Borus, the father of Penthilus.[6]
- Periclymenus, a defender of Thebes in the war of the Seven against Thebes, and would-be killer of Amphiaraus. He was the son of Poseidon and Chloris, daughter of Tiresias of Thebes. Amphiaraus was swallowed by the earth before Periclymenus could kill him though.[7] It was either this Periclymenus or Asphodicus that killed Parthenopaeus.[8]
- Periclymenus, one of the Suitors of Penelope who came from Zacynthus along with other 43 wooers.[9] He, with the other suitors, was killed by Odysseus with the aid of Eumaeus, Philoetius, and Telemachus.[10]
- Periclymenus or simply Clymenus, father of Erginus who was usually conflated with another Erginus, one of the Argonauts.
- ^ Apollodorus, 1.9.16
- ^ Homer, Odyssey 11.285; Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 33(a)
- ^ Apollonius Rhodius, 1.156; Orphic Argonautica 155; Apollodorus, 1.9.16; Valerius Flaccus, 1.388; Hyginus, Fabulae 14
- ^ Apollodorus, 1.9.9, 2.7.3; Ovid, Metamorphoses 12.556; Hyginus, Fabulae 10; Nonnus, 43.247
- ^ Pausanias, 2.18.8
- ^ Scholia ad Plato, Symposium 208d citing Hellanicus
- ^ Pindar, Nemean Ode 9.57 ff. with scholia; Apollodorus, 3.6.8
- ^ Pausanias, 9.18.6
- ^ Apollodorus, E.7.29
- ^ Apollodorus, E.7.33