Cleobule
In Greek mythology, the name Cleobule, Cleoboule, Kleobule or Kleoboule (Ancient Greek: Κλεοβούλη, Kleoboúlē) or Cleobula refers to:
- Cleobule, daughter of Aeolus or Aeopolus, one of the possible mothers of Myrtilus by Hermes.Tzetzes on Lycophron, [https://topostext.org/work/860#157 157]{{AI-generated source|date=November 2024}}Scholia on Euripides, Orestes 990
- Cleobule, wife of Aleus of Tegea, mother of Cepheus and Amphidamas.Hyginus, Fabulae [https://topostext.org/work/206#14 14]
- Cleobula, mother by Ares of Cycnus who was killed by Heracles.{{Cite book|last=Murray|first=John|title=A Classical Manual, being a Mythological, Historical and Geographical Commentary on Pope's Homer, and Dryden's Aeneid of Virgil with a Copious Index|year=1833|location=Albemarle Street, London|pages=70}}
- Cleobule, mother of Amphimachus by CteatusTzetzes, Allegories of the Iliad Prologue 569 instead of Theronice.
- Cleobule, mother of Leonteus by Coronus.Tzetzes, Allegories of the Iliad Prologue 626
- Cleobule, daughter of Eurytus and by Tenthredon,Prothoos' father Tenthredon was mentioned in the following sources: Apollodorus, Epitome [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+Epit.+e.3.14&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022 3.14]; Homer, Iliad [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0134:book=2:card=734&highlight=tenthredon 2.756]; Hyginus, Fabulae [https://topostext.org/work/206#97 97] & Eustathius on Homer, Iliad p. 338 possibly the mother of Prothous, leader of the Magnesians during the Trojan War.Tzetzes, Allegories of the Iliad Prologue 635 Otherwise, Eurymache was called the mother of the Prothous.Tzetzes, Allegories of the Iliad Prologue 634
- Cleobule, mother of Phoenix by Amyntor.Gantz, p. 618; Tzetzes on Lycophron, [https://topostext.org/work/860#421 421] [https://archive.org/stream/isaakioukaiiann00mlgoog#page/n659/mode/2up (Gk text)]{{AI-generated source|date=November 2024}}{{Cite book|last=Tzetzes|first=John|title=Allegories of the Iliad|publisher=Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library|year=2015|isbn=978-0-674-96785-4|location=Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England|pages=33, Prologue 432; pp. 41, Prologue 524|translator-last=Goldwyn|translator-first=Adam|translator-last2=Kokkini|translator-first2=Dimitra}} Otherwise, Hippodameia or Alcimede was called the mother).Gantz, p. 618. For Hippodamia, see the A scholia to Iliad 9.448 (cited by Gantz), for Alcimede see Palatine Anthology 3.3 (Paton, [https://www.loebclassics.com/view/greek_anthology_3/2014/pb_LCL067.153.xml pp. 152–153]). Cleobule had two other possible children by Amyntor, AsydameiaApollodorus, 2.7.8 and Crantor.Ovid, Metamorphoses [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0959.phi006.perseus-eng1:12.316-12.428 12.355–392]
- Cleobule, the Boeotian mother of Leitus by Lacritus;Hyginus, Fabulae [https://topostext.org/work/206#97 97] alternately, mother of Arcesilaus by Alector (Alectryon).{{Cite book|last=Tzetzes|first=John|title=Allegories of the Iliad|publisher=Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library|year=2015|isbn=978-0-674-96785-4|location=Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England|pages=41, Prologue 534|translator-last=Goldwyn|translator-first=Adam|translator-last2=Kokkini|translator-first2=Dimitra}} Otherwise, Leitus' mother was Polybule by Alector or he was an earth-born, thus a son of Gaea.Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 259 Meanwhile, Arcesilaus' parents were Areilycus and Theobule.Hyginus, Fabulae [https://topostext.org/work/206#97 97]
- Cleobule, mother of the tragedian Euripides by Apollo, as stated by Hyginus.Hyginus, Fabulae [https://topostext.org/work/206#161 161] Whether this is an otherwise unknown legend or simply the result of corruption of the text is uncertain.
See also
- Kleobule, mother of Demosthenes
Notes
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References
- Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. {{ISBN|0-674-99135-4}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
- Euripides, The Complete Greek Drama, edited by Whitney J. Oates and Eugene O'Neill, Jr. in two volumes. 1. Iphigenia in Tauris, translated by Robert Potter. New York. Random House. 1938. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0112 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
- Euripides, Euripidis Fabulae. vol. 2. Gilbert Murray. Oxford. Clarendon Press, Oxford. 1913. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0111 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
- Gantz, Timothy, Early Greek Myth: A Guide to Literary and Artistic Sources, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996, Two volumes: {{ISBN|978-0-8018-5360-9}} (Vol. 1), {{ISBN|978-0-8018-5362-3}} (Vol. 2).
- Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
- Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. {{ISBN|978-0674995796|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0134 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
- Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. {{ISBN|978-0198145318|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0133 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
- Paton, W. R. (ed.), Greek Anthology, Volume I: Book 1: Christian Epigrams. Book 2: Description of the Statues in the Gymnasium of Zeuxippus. Book 3: Epigrams in the Temple of Apollonis at Cyzicus. Book 4: Prefaces to the Various Anthologies. Book 5: Erotic Epigrams. Translated by W. R. Paton. Revised by Michael A. Tueller. Loeb Classical Library No. 67. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2014. [https://www.loebclassics.com/view/LCL067/2014/volume.xml Online version at Harvard University Press].
- Tzetzes, John, Allegories of the Iliad translated by Goldwyn, Adam J. and Kokkini, Dimitra. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, Harvard University Press, 2015. {{ISBN|978-0-674-96785-4}}
- Tzetzes, Scolia eis Lycophroon, edited by Christian Gottfried Müller, Sumtibus F.C.G. Vogelii, 1811. [https://archive.org/stream/isaakioukaiiann00mlgoog#page/n5/mode/2up Internet Archive]
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