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In Greek mythology, Polybule was the Boeotian mother of the Argonaut Leitus by Alector (Alectryon). [1] [2] Alternatively, Leitus parents were identified to be Lacritus and Cleobule [3] or an earth-born, thus a son of Gaea. [4]

Notes

  1. Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica 4.67.7
  2. 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.
  3. Hyginus, Fabulae 97
  4. Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 259

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