Cleobule

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In Greek mythology, the name Cleobule or Cleoboule (Ancient Greek: Κλεοβούλη, Kleoboúlē) or Cleobula refers to:

Cleobule, daughter of Aeolus or Aeopolus, one of the possible mothers of Myrtilus by Hermes.^[1]^[2]
Cleobule, wife of Aleus of Tegea, mother of Cepheus and Amphidamas.^[3]
Cleobula, mother by Ares of Cycnus who was killed by Heracles.^[4]
Cleobule, mother of Amphimachus by Cteatus ^[5] instead of Theronice.
Cleobule, mother of Leonteus by Coronus.^[6]
Cleobule, daughter of Eurytus and by Tenthredon,^[7] possibly the mother of Prothous, leader of the Magnesians during the Trojan War.^[8] Otherwise, Eurymache was called the mother of the Prothous.^[9]
Cleobule, mother of Phoenix by Amyntor.^[10]^[11] Otherwise, Hippodameia or Alcimede was called the mother).^[12] Cleobule had two other possible children by Amyntor, Asydameia ^[13] and Crantor.^[14]
Cleobule, the Boeotian mother of Leitus by Lacritus;^[15] alternately, mother of Arcesilaus by Alector (Alectryon).^[16] Otherwise, Leitus' mother was Polybule by Alector or he was an earth-born, thus a son of Gaea.^[17] Meanwhile, Arcesilaus' parents were Areilycus and Theobule.^[18]
Cleobule, mother of the tragedian Euripides by Apollo, as stated by Hyginus.^[19] Whether this is an otherwise unknown legend or simply the result of corruption of the text is uncertain.

Notes

↑ Tzetzes on Lycophron, Alexandra 157
↑ Scholia on Euripides, Orestes 990
↑ Hyginus, Fabulae 14
↑ Murray, John (1833). A Classical Manual, being a Mythological, Historical and Geographical Commentary on Pope's Homer, and Dryden's Aeneid of Virgil with a Copious Index. Albemarle Street, London. p. 70.
↑ Tzetzes, Allegories of the Iliad Prologue 569
↑ Tzetzes, Allegories of the Iliad Prologue 626
↑ Prothoos' father Tenthredon was mentioned in the following sources: Apollodorus, Bibliotheca Epitome 3.14; Homer, Iliad 2.756; Hyginus, Fabulae 97 & Eustathius on Homer, Iliad p. 338
↑ Tzetzes, Allegories of the Iliad Prologue 635
↑ Tzetzes, Allegories of the Iliad Prologue 634
↑ Gantz, p. 618; Tzetzes on Lycophron, 421
↑ Tzetzes, John (2015). Allegories of the Iliad. Translated by Goldwyn, Adam; Kokkini, Dimitra. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. pp. 33, Prologue 432, pp. 41, Prologue 524. ISBN 978-0-674-96785-4.
↑ Gantz, p. 618. For Hippodamia, see the A scholia to Iliad 9.448 (cited by Gantz), for Alcimede see Palatine Anthology 3.3 (Paton, pp. 152–153).
↑ Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2.7.8
↑ Ovid, Metamorphoses 12.355–392
↑ Hyginus, Fabulae 97
↑ Tzetzes, John (2015). Allegories of the Iliad. Translated by Goldwyn, Adam; Kokkini, Dimitra. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. pp. 41, Prologue 534. ISBN 978-0-674-96785-4.
↑ Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 259
↑ Hyginus, Fabulae 97
↑ Hyginus, Fabulae 161

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[1] Tzetzes on Lycophron, Alexandra 157

[2] Scholia on Euripides, Orestes 990

[3] Hyginus, Fabulae 14

[4] Murray, John (1833). A Classical Manual, being a Mythological, Historical and Geographical Commentary on Pope's Homer, and Dryden's Aeneid of Virgil with a Copious Index. Albemarle Street, London. p. 70.

[5] Tzetzes, Allegories of the Iliad Prologue 569

[6] Tzetzes, Allegories of the Iliad Prologue 626

[7] Prothoos' father Tenthredon was mentioned in the following sources: Apollodorus, Bibliotheca Epitome 3.14; Homer, Iliad 2.756; Hyginus, Fabulae 97 & Eustathius on Homer, Iliad p. 338

[8] Tzetzes, Allegories of the Iliad Prologue 635

[9] Tzetzes, Allegories of the Iliad Prologue 634

[10] Gantz, p. 618; Tzetzes on Lycophron, 421

[11] Tzetzes, John (2015). Allegories of the Iliad. Translated by Goldwyn, Adam; Kokkini, Dimitra. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. pp. 33, Prologue 432, pp. 41, Prologue 524. ISBN 978-0-674-96785-4.

[12] Gantz, p. 618. For Hippodamia, see the A scholia to Iliad 9.448 (cited by Gantz), for Alcimede see Palatine Anthology 3.3 (Paton, pp. 152–153).

[13] Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2.7.8

[14] Ovid, Metamorphoses 12.355–392

[15] Hyginus, Fabulae 97

[16] Tzetzes, John (2015). Allegories of the Iliad. Translated by Goldwyn, Adam; Kokkini, Dimitra. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. pp. 41, Prologue 534. ISBN 978-0-674-96785-4.

[17] Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 259

[18] Hyginus, Fabulae 97

[19] Hyginus, Fabulae 161

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