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Politetes

Polibetes, Polipliters, Poliplites, Polydetes, Polydeuces

The duke of Bithynia or Mede (Media) who was subservient to the Roman Procurator Lucius, and was called upon to join Lucius in the war against Arthur.

He led a force of soldiers at the battle of Soissons, where he was killed by Arthur himself.

In the Vulgate he is the King of Mede.


See also
Boccus | The Legend of King Arthur


Sources
Historia Regum Britanniae | Geoffrey of Monmouth, c. 1138
Roman de Brut | Wace, c. 1155
Brut | Layamon, late 12th century to mid-13th century
Vulgate Merlin | 1220-1235