Theobule
In Greek mythology, the name Theobule ({{langx|grc|Θεοβούλη}} from {{lang|grc|θεός}} + {{lang|grc|βούλλα}}{{Cite Jewish Encyclopedia |noicon=1 |url=http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/13629-sibyl |title=Sibyl}} 'divine will' or 'divine counsel') refers to:
- Theobule, mother of Myrtilus by Hermes.Brill's New Pauly, s.v. Myrtilus (1); Hyginus, Fabulae [https://topostext.org/work/206#224 224].
- Theobula, mother of Arcesilaus and Prothoenor by AreilycusHomer, Iliad 2.495; Hyginus, Fabulae 97 (ArchilycusDiodorus Siculus, 4.67.7). Their son was one of the Boeotian leaders in the Trojan War. In one account, Alector was the father of Arcesilaus by Cleobule and Prothoenor by Arteis.{{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 534–535|translator-last=Goldwyn|translator-first=Adam|translator-last2=Kokkini|translator-first2=Dimitra}}
This name was also thought to have given rise to Sibyl by Varro, a Roman man of letters. The historian Jerome similarly explained Theobule as the Attic form of the Doric {{lang|grc|Σιοβόλλα}} (Siobolla), a variant of Sibulla (Sibyl in Greek){{OED|Sibyl}}
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References
- Brill’s New Pauly: Encyclopaedia of the Ancient World. Antiquity, Volume 9, Mini-Obe, editors: Hubert Cancik, Helmuth Schneider, Brill, 2006. {{ISBN|978-90-04-12272-7}}. [https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/browse/brill-s-new-pauly Online version at Brill].
- 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].
- 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].
- 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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