Eriboea (mythology)

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In Greek mythology, Eriboea (Ancient Greek: Ἐρίβοια), also Eeriboea (Ἠερίβοια), were the name of the following figures:

  • Eriboea, second wife of Aloeus and daughter of Eurymachus, son of Hermes.{{Cite book|last1=Köppen, Johann Heinrich Just|title=Erklärende Anmerkungen zu Homers Ilias|last2=Heinrich, Karl Friedrich|last3=Krause, Johann Christian Heinrich|year=1818|volume=2|pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=SoATAAAAQAAJ&dq=Eriboea+daughter+of+Eurymachus&pg=PA72 72]}}
  • Eriboea, alternate name for Periboea, wife of Telamon and mother of Ajax the Great.{{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 526|translator-last=Goldwyn|translator-first=Adam|translator-last2=Kokkini|translator-first2=Dimitra}}
  • Eriboea, one of the Amazons. She was killed by the hero Heracles.Diodorus Siculus, 4.16.2

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References

  • Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/home.html Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site]
  • Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888–1890. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0540 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
  • 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}}

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