Polybus was a famous physician. See History of anatomy.
In Greek mythology, there were three people named Polybus, or Pólybos.
- A Corinthian king, husband of Merope or Periboea, who raised Oedipus, who had been abandoned by his mother.
- A King of Sicyon, father of Talaus
- A King of Thebes (in Egypt). Menelaus stayed in his court for a while after the Trojan War.
