person
Polyanax
also: Πωλυάναξ, Πωλυανάκτιδα (his daughter)
Head of a rival aristocratic house on Lesbos; the extravagant greeting to 'the daughter of the house of Polyanax' (fr. 155) is, Maximus of Tyre says, ironic.
Reading notes
- Fragments of Uncertain Book, with the Epigrams and Dubia §155 Polyanax
Head of a rival aristocratic house on Lesbos; Maximus of Tyre says the extravagant greeting to its daughter is ironic — courtesy sharpened into dismissal.