Polybius

, or Poly̆bus , a king of Corinth, who married Peribœa, whom some have called Merope. He was son of Mercury by Chthonophyle, the daughter of Sicyon king of Sicyon. He permitted his wife, who had no children, to adopt and educate as her own son, Œdip us, who had been found by his shepherds exposed in the woods. He had a daughter called Lysiana a, whom he gave in marriage to Talaus son of Bias king of Argos. As he had no male child, he left his kingdom to Adrastus, who had been banished from his throne, and who had fled to Corinth for protection. Hyginus , fable 66.— Pausanias , bk. 2 , ch. 6 .— Apollo dor us , bk. 3 , ch. 5 .— Seneca , Œdip us , li. 812 .