Hermogenes then steps forward and reveals that he was lying before : in fact Leonidas is his own son , he says , and he had lied in the hopes of bettering the boy by making him prince , .
Palmyra is the real child of Polydamas .
Hermogenes then steps forward and reveals that he was lying before : in fact Leonidas is his own son , he says , and he had lied in the hopes of bettering the boy by making him prince , whereas Palmyra is the real child of Polydamas .