Polyboea
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In Greek mythology, Polyboea ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|p|ɒ|l|ɪ|ˈ|b|iː|ə|}}; Ancient Greek: {{lang|grc|Πολύβοια}}, {{IPA|/polýboi̯a/}} meaning "worth much cattle"), is a name that refers to:
- Polyboea, a sister of Hyacinthus who died a virgin and was believed to have been taken to Elysium by Aphrodite, Athena and Artemis, together with her brother.Pausanias, [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+3.19.4&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:chapter=&highlight=Polyboea 3.19.4] As the sister of Hyacinthus, she was probably a Spartan princess as the daughter of King AmyclasPherecydes, fr. 132 and Diomede, daughter of Lapithes. Her other possible siblings were Argalus,Pausanias, 3.1.3 Cynortes,Pausanias, 3.13.1 Harpalus,Pausanias, 7.18.5 ([https://books.google.com/books?id=gBkIAAAAQAAJ&dq=Harpalus+Deritus&pg=PA194 Achaica]) LaodamiaPausanias, 10.9.5 (or LeaniraApollodorus, 3.9.1), Hegesandra,Scholia on Homer, Odyssey 4.10; Pherecydes, fr. 132 and in other versions, of Daphne.Parthenius, Erotica Pathemata 15
- Polyboea, the first wife of Actor.Eustathius on Homer, 321
- Polyboea, daughter of Oecles and Hypermnestra, sister of Iphianeira and Amphiaraus.Diodorus Siculus, 4.68.5
- Polyboea, a handmaid of Hecuba, who found the dead body of Polydorus.Scholia on Euripides, Hecuba 680
- Polyboea, an alternate name for Philonome, wife of Cycnus and stepmother of Tenes.Scholia on Homer, Iliad 1.37
- Polyboea, an obscure theonym, likely an epithet of Artemis or Persephone.Hesychius of Alexandria s.v. Polyboia
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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. [https://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. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0540 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
- Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. {{ISBN|0-674-99328-4}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
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Category:Princesses in Greek mythology