(Polites alive au)

A Greek soldier, he was one of Odysseus' closest friends since they were young. Preferring to be kind over opening with violence, he tries to encourage his friend to do the same.

Polites was a close friend of Odysseus in childhood, once being protected from a boar sent by Athena by him. Growing up, he soon became a Greek soldier, and fought in the Trojan War amongst Odysseus' men.