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Periclymenus
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Greek_mythology/M7k4FvW8">Greek mythology</a>, the name Periclymenus may refer to: </p> <ul><li>Periclymenus, a <a href="/facts/Pylos/5qa0u1Xw">Pylian</a> prince as the son of King <a href="/facts/Neleus/rE8NHSTG">Neleus</a> and <a href="/facts/Chloris/agzd1dom">Chloris</a>. He was one of the <a href="/facts/Argonauts/84ajr4Rx">Argonauts</a>. His grandfather, <a href="/facts/Poseidon/kTYc88aD">Poseidon</a> gave him the ability to <a href="/facts/Shapeshifting/SzHHgtzD">shapeshift</a> into various animals. He was killed by <a href="/facts/Heracles/CIQWycTu">Herakles</a> at <a href="/facts/Pylos/5qa0u1Xw">Pylos</a>, although he tried to escape in the form of an eagle. He was the father of <a href="/facts/Penthilus_of_Messenia/ETqnBlkB">Penthilos</a> or by <a href="/facts/Pisidice/orrfKcKp">Pisidice</a>, of <a href="/facts/Borus/sDG6JlS2">Borus</a>, the father of Penthilus.</li> <li>Periclymenus, a defender of <a href="/facts/Thebes_(Greece)/PBN0g5la">Thebes</a> in the war of the <a href="/facts/Seven_against_Thebes/Hx4adB69">Seven against Thebes</a>, and would-be killer of <a href="/facts/Amphiaraus/AUPmQwJc">Amphiaraus</a>. He was the son of <a href="/facts/Poseidon/kTYc88aD">Poseidon</a> and <a href="/facts/Chloris/agzd1dom">Chloris</a>, daughter of <a href="/facts/Tiresias/Je5R2rJP">Tiresias</a> of Thebes. Amphiaraus was swallowed by the earth before Periclymenus could kill him though. It was either this Periclymenus or Asphodicus that killed <a href="/facts/Parthenopaeus/cmuRU2AQ">Parthenopaeus</a>.</li> <li>Periclymenus, one of the <a href="/facts/Suitors_of_Penelope/rrkRoUYz">Suitors</a> of <a href="/facts/Penelope/Us06xVc0">Penelope</a> who came from <a href="/facts/Zakynthos/pr8Ic1u2">Zacynthus</a> along with other 43 wooers. He, with the other suitors, was killed by <a href="/facts/Odysseus/CWIIwKBz">Odysseus</a> with the aid of <a href="/facts/Eumaeus/Fsb10KxF">Eumaeus</a>, <a href="/facts/Philoetius_(Odyssey)/QI6vGRVy">Philoetius</a>, and <a href="/facts/Telemachus/Pw7wEXIS">Telemachus</a>.</li> <li>Periclymenus or simply <a href="/facts/Clymenus/W8k8Uucp">Clymenus</a>, father of <a href="/facts/Erginus_(king_of_Minyans)/NoLLqd5M">Erginus</a> who was usually conflated with another Erginus, one of the Argonauts.</li></ul>