Polybus (King of Corinth)
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Polybus is a figure in Greek mythology. He was the king of Corinth and husband of either Merope or Periboea. He raised Oedipus as his adopted son, who had been abandoned by his parents Laius and Jocasta of Thebes in Greece. He was the father of Alcinoe.
The news of Polybus' death was announced by a messenger to Jocasta in Sophocles' Oedipus the King.