< Polemon, father of Naxos >

1 Origin

Polemon was born in Samos in 1370 BC.

Polemon's father is presumed to have been one of the four sons of Ancaeus: Perilaus, Enudus, Samus, or Alitherses. [See Ancaeus, son of Acmon.]

Diodorus reports that Polemon was a Carian. [Diod.5.51.3]

However, the following makes it seem likely that Polemon was Greek.

1) The daughters of Leucippus, son of Naxos, son of Polemon, along with the daughters of Ariadne, daughter of Minos, marched against Peroponessus. [Paus.2.23.8, Paus.3.13.7]

2) Leucippus and his son Smerdius ruled Naxos during the heyday of Minos. [Diod.5.51.3]

2 Family

Polemon had a son, Naxos. [Diod.5.51.3]

3 Others

In 1345 BC, Anax moved to the area near the Maeander River and founded Anactoria (later Miletus). [Paus.7.2.5, Pliny.5.31.1]

Anax is thought to have been Polemon's brother or cousin, and it is assumed that Polemon also helped to found Anactoria.

Afterwards, Polemon lived in Latmia, near Anactoria. [Diod.5.51.3]