Periboea - Wikipedia
WebIn Greek mythology, the name Periboea ( / ˌpɛrɪˈbiːə /; Ancient Greek: Περίβοια "surrounded by cattle" derived from peri "around" and boes "cattle") refers to multiple figures: Periboea, one of the 3,000 Oceanids, water-nymph daughters of the Titans Oceanus and his sister-wife Tethys. [1] . She was the mother of Aura by Lelantos. [2]
PERIBOEA (Periboia) - Spartan Naiad Nymph of Greek Mythology
WebPERIBOIA (Periboea) was a Naiad-nymph of the city of Sparta in Lakedaimonia (Lacedaemonia) (southern Greece). She was the mother by the Spartan prince Ikarios (Icarius) of Odysseus' wife Penelope and several sons. PARENTS. Perhaps a daughter of the local River EUROTAS. OFFSPRING.
PERIBOEA (Periboia) - Thracian & Phaeacian Giantess of Greek …
WebTHE GIANTESS PERIBOEA. In Greek mythology Periboea was the youngest daughter of giant-king Eurymedon and the mother by Poseidon of Nausithous, the first king of the Phaeacians. The Phaeacians were a mythical sea-faring race were a mythical sea-faring race famed for their encounter with the hero Odysseus.
PERIBOEA (Periboia) - Oceanid Nymph of Greek Mythology
WebPERIBOIA (Periboea) was the Okeanid-nymph wife of the Titan Lelantos and the mother of Aura, goddess of the breeze. She and her husband may have been associated with the Lelantian plain of Euboia (Euboea). Nonnus however locates their daughter in Phrygia.
Periboea - Wikiwand
WebIn Greek mythology, the name Periboea refers to multiple figures:Periboea, one of the 3,000 Oceanids, water-nymph daughters of the Titans Oceanus and his sister-wife Tethys. She was the mother of Aura by Lelantos. Periboea, daughter of the Giant Eurymedon and the mother of Nausithous with Poseidon.
Periboea | Facts, Information, and Mythology - Encyclopedia …
WebMay 16, 1999 · Periboea. The daughter of Hipponous. She became the wife of Oeneus after Althaea's death. The author of the Thebaid says that when Olenus was sacked, Oeneus received Periboea as a gift of honor. Hesiod states that she was seduced by Hippostratus, son of Amarynceus, and that her father Hipponous sent her …
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, Periboea
WebPeriboea （ *Peri/boia). 1. The wife of Icarus, and mother of Penelope. [ICARIUS.]
Periboea | Facts, Information, and Mythology - Encyclopedia …
WebMay 16, 1999 · Periboea | Facts, Information, and Mythology. A daughter of Alcathous, and the wife of Telamon, by whom she became the mother of Ajax. Some writers call her Eriboea. 1. . References. Notes. Pindar. Isthmian Odes vi, 65; Sophocles. Ajax, 566. Sources. Pausanias. Description of Greece i, 42.1. …
Periboea | Facts, Information, and Mythology - Encyclopedia …
WebPeriboea. The wife of Polybus of Corinth, who adopted Oedipus and passed him off as her own son. After she had healed his ankles she called him Oedipus, giving him that name on account of his swollen feet.
Periboea - Ancient Greek (LSJ)
WebPeriboea, a Naiad, wife of Icarius, mother of Penelope, Perilaus, Aletes, Damasippus, Imeusimus and Thoas, presumably also of Iphthime. Icarius' wife is alternatively known as Asterodia, Dorodoche or Polycaste; Periboea, the Olenian daughter of Hipponous and mother of Tydeus and possibly Melanippus or Olenias by Oeneus.
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