# Polyidus of Thessaly

> Polyidus of Thessaly was an ancient Greek military engineer of Philip, who made improvements in the covered battering-ram during Philip's siege of Byzantium in 340 BC. His students were Diades of Pella and Charias, who served in the campaigns of Alexander the Great. Polyidus was the inventor of Helepolis.

*4th c. BCE Greek military engineer*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/polyidus-of-thessaly

## Identity
- **Born:** -400
- **Status:** unknown
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 41.4 / 100
- **Momentum:** 4.7 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 6.5 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 40.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 25.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Polyidus van Thessalië](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyidus_van_Thessali%C3%AB)
- [بوليدوس الثيسالي](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A)
- [Πολύειδος ο Θεσσαλός](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%BF%CE%BB%CF%8D%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B4%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%BF_%CE%98%CE%B5%CF%83%CF%83%CE%B1%CE%BB%CF%8C%CF%82)
- [Polyidus of Thessaly](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyidus_of_Thessaly)
- [Poliído de Tesalia](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poli%C3%ADdo_de_Tesalia)
- [Polyeidos de Thessalie](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyeidos_de_Thessalie)
- [Polidos dari Tesalia](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polidos_dari_Tesalia)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3395555)

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