In
Greek mythology, Polyboea (;
Ancient Greek: , meaning "worth much cattle"), is a name that refers to:
* Polyboea, a sister of
Hyacinthus
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who died a virgin and was believed to have been taken to
Elysium
Elysium (, ), otherwise known as the Elysian Fields ( grc, Ἠλύσιον πεδίον, ''Ēlýsion pedíon'') or Elysian Plains, is a conception of the afterlife that developed over time and was maintained by some Greek religious and philos ...
by
Aphrodite,
Athena and
Artemis, together with her brother. As the sister of Hyacinthus, she was probably a
Spartan princess as the daughter of King
Amyclas In Greek mythology, Amyclas ( grc, Ἀμύκλας) refers to two individuals:
* Amyclas, a mythical king of Sparta. Pausanias, 10.9.5
*Amyclas, a Theban prince as the son of King Amphion and Niobe, daughter of Tantalus.Apollodorus, 3.5.6 He peris ...
and
Diomede, daughter of
Lapithes
The Lapiths (; grc, Λαπίθαι) are a group of legendary people in Greek mythology, whose home was in Thessaly, in the valley of the Peneus and on the mountain Pelion.
Mythology
Origin
The Lapiths were an Aeolian tribe who, like the Myr ...
. Her other possible siblings were
Argalus
In Greek mythology, King Argalus (Ancient Greek: Ἄργαλος) was a leader of the Lacedaemonid Greeks from the age of legend, now treated as being the Bronze Age in Greece.
Mythology
Argalus was the eldest son and heir of King Amyklas of ...
,
Cynortes,
Harpalus,
Laodamia (or
Leanira),
Hegesandra
In Greek mythology, Hegesandra or Hegesandre was a Spartan princess as the daughter of King Amyclas and possibly Diomede, daughter of Lapithes. She was probably the sister of Argalus, Cynortes, Hyacinthus, Laodamia (or Leanira), Harpalus, Pol ...
, and in other versions, of
Daphne.
* Polyboea, the first wife of
Actor.
* Polyboea, daughter of
Oecles and
Hypermnestra
Hypermnestra ( grc, Ὑπερμνήστρα, ''Hypermnēstra''), in Greek mythology, was a Libyan princess as one of the 50 Danaids the daughter of King Danaus, son of King Belus of Egypt. Her mother was Elephantis and full sister to Gorgophone.
...
, sister of
Iphianeira
In Greek mythology, the name Iphianeira (; Ancient Greek: ) may refer to two women, great-grandmother and great-granddaughter:Diodorus Siculus, 4.68.5
*Iphianeira, daughter of Megapenthes and wife of Melampus, mother of Antiphates, Abas, Pronoe a ...
and
Amphiaraus.
* Polyboea, a handmaid of
Hecuba, who found the dead body of
Polydorus.
* Polyboea, an alternate name for
Philonome, wife of
Cycnus and stepmother of
Tenes.
* Polyboea, an obscure
theonym, likely an epithet of
Artemis or
Persephone.
[ Hesychius of Alexandria s.v. ''Polyboia'']
Notes
References
*
Diodorus Siculus
Diodorus Siculus, or Diodorus of Sicily ( grc-gre, Διόδωρος ; 1st century BC), was an ancient Greek historian. He is known for writing the monumental universal history ''Bibliotheca historica'', in forty books, fifteen of which su ...
, ''The Library of History'' translated by
Charles Henry Oldfather
Charles Henry Oldfather (13 June 1887 – 20 August 1954) was an American professor of history of the ancient world, specifically at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He was born in Tabriz, Persia.
Parentage
Oldfather's parents, Jeremiah and Fe ...
. Twelve volumes.
Loeb Classical Library
The Loeb Classical Library (LCL; named after James Loeb; , ) is a series of books originally published by Heinemann in London, but is currently published by Harvard University Press. The library contains important works of ancient Greek and L ...
. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8
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
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.
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library*Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.
Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library
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