Polyeidos

In Greek mythology, Polyeidos or Polyidus (Greek, "seeing many things"), son of Coeranus, was a famous seer from Corinth.

Genealogy

Polyeidos was a descendant of another renowned seer, Melampus. Given that Melampus had two sons, Abas and Mantius, different sources made Coeranus, father of Polyeidos, son or grandson of either of the two. Briefly, the two alternate lineages were:

According to a scholiast on Homer' s Iliad, Polyeidos had two sons, Euchenor and Cleitus, by Eurydameia, daughter of Phyleus.Pausanias makes Polyeidus father of Coeranus, Manto and Astycrateia, and calls Euchenor his grandson through Coeranus.

Polyeidos and Glaucus

The best known myth concerning Polyeidos is the one that deals with him saving the life of Glaucus, which runs as follows. One day, Glaucus, son of King Minos and Queen Pasiphaë of Crete, was playing with a mouse and suddenly disappeared. The Kuretes told Minos: "A marvelous creature has been born amongst you: whoever finds the true likeness for this creature will also find the child."