Theobule Explained

In Greek mythology, the name Theobule (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Θεοβούλη from Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: θεός + Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: βούλλα^[1] 'divine will' or 'divine counsel') refers to:

• Theobule, mother of Myrtilus by Hermes.^[2]
• Theobula, mother of Arcesilaus and Prothoenor by Areilycus^[3] (Archilycus^[4]). Their son was one of the Boeotian leaders in the Trojan War. In one account, Alector was the father of Arcesilaus by Cleobule and Prothoenor by Arteis.^[5]

This name was also thought to have given rise to Sibyl by Varro, a Roman man of letters.^[1] The historian Jerome similarly explained Theobule as the Attic form of the Doric Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Σιοβόλλα (Siobolla), a variant of Sibulla (Sibyl in Greek)

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.
• Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. . Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Tzetzes, John, Allegories of the Iliad translated by Goldwyn, Adam J. and Kokkini, Dimitra. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, Harvard University Press, 2015.

Notes and References

1. 1 . Sibyl.
2. [Hyginus]
3. [Homer]
4. [Diodorus Siculus]
5. Book: [[Tzetzes]], John. Allegories of the Iliad. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. 2015. 978-0-674-96785-4. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England. 41, Prologue 534–535. Goldwyn. Adam. Kokkini. Dimitra.