In his spare time, Polites was a leading Australian rules football umpire, officiating in 39 senior Victorian Football League matches from 1976-1979.
Apollodorus says that Priam had nine sons and four daughters by Hecuba, the sons being Hector, Paris, Deiphobus, Helenus, Pammon, Polites, Antiphus, Hipponous, Polydorus, and the daughters Creusa, Laodice, Polyxena, and the prophetess Cassandra.