Polyboea Explained

In Greek mythology, Polyboea (; Ancient Greek: Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Πολύβοια, pronounced as //polýboi̯a// meaning "worth much cattle"), is a name that refers to:

• Polyboea, a sister of Hyacinthus who died a virgin and was believed to have been taken to Elysium by Aphrodite, Athena and Artemis, together with her brother.^[1] As the sister of Hyacinthus, she was probably a Spartan princess as the daughter of King Amyclas^[2] and Diomede, daughter of Lapithes. Her other possible siblings were Argalus,^[3] Cynortes,^[4] Harpalus,^[5] Laodamia^[6] (or Leanira^[7]), Hegesandra,^[8] and in other versions, of Daphne.^[9]
• Polyboea, the first wife of Actor.^[10]
• Polyboea, daughter of Oecles and Hypermnestra, sister of Iphianeira and Amphiaraus.^[11]
• Polyboea, a handmaid of Hecuba, who found the dead body of Polydorus.^[12]
• Polyboea, an alternate name for Philonome, wife of Cycnus and stepmother of Tenes.^[13]
• Polyboea, an obscure theonym, likely an epithet of Artemis or Persephone.^[14]

References

• 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. 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.

Notes and References

1. [Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]
2. [Pherecydes of Syros|Pherecydes]
3. [Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]
4. [Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]
5. [Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]
6. [Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]
7. [Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]
8. [Scholia]
9. [Parthenius of Nicaea|Parthenius]
10. [Eustathius of Thessalonica|Eustathius]
11. [Diodorus Siculus]
12. Scholia on Euripides, Hecuba 680
13. Scholia on Homer, Iliad 1.37
14. [Hesychius of Alexandria]