In
Greek mythology
A major branch of classical mythology, Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks, and a genre of Ancient Greek folklore. These stories concern the origin and nature of the world, the lives and activities ...
, Polybule was the
Boeotian mother of the
Argonaut
The Argonauts (; Ancient Greek: ) were a band of heroes in Greek mythology, who in the years before the Trojan War (around 1300 BC) accompanied Jason to Colchis in his quest to find the Golden Fleece. Their name comes from their ship, ''Argo'', n ...
Leitus In Greek mythology, Leitus (; Ancient Greek: Λήϊτος ''Leϊtos'') was a leader of the Boeotians and admiral of 12 ships which sailed against Troy.Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' 97
Family
Leitus was the son of Alector ( Alectryon) and Polybule or of ...
by
Alector
Alector (; Ancient Greek: Ἀλέκτωρ) refers to more than one person in classical mythology and history:
*Alector, son of Magnes and Meliboea, eponyms of Magnesia and the town of Meliboea respectively.
*Alector, the Boeotian father of Leit ...
(
Alectryon). Alternatively, Leitus parents were identified to be
Lacritus and
Cleobule 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.
*Cleobule, wife of Aleus ...
or an
earth-born, thus a son of
Gaea
In Greek mythology, Gaia (; from Ancient Greek , a poetical form of , 'land' or 'earth'),, , . also spelled Gaea , is the personification of the Earth and one of the Greek primordial deities. Gaia is the ancestral mother—sometimes partheno ...
.
Euripides
Euripides (; grc, Εὐριπίδης, Eurīpídēs, ; ) was a tragedian of classical Athens. Along with Aeschylus and Sophocles, he is one of the three ancient Greek tragedians for whom any plays have survived in full. Some ancient scholars a ...
, ''Iphigenia in Aulis
''Iphigenia in Aulis'' or ''Iphigenia at Aulis'' ( grc, Ἰφιγένεια ἐν Αὐλίδι, Īphigéneia en Aulídi; variously translated, including the Latin ''Iphigenia in Aulide'') is the last of the extant works by the playwright Euripide ...
'' 259
Notes
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
*
Euripides
Euripides (; grc, Εὐριπίδης, Eurīpídēs, ; ) was a tragedian of classical Athens. Along with Aeschylus and Sophocles, he is one of the three ancient Greek tragedians for whom any plays have survived in full. Some ancient scholars a ...
, ''The Plays of Euripides'', translated by E. P. Coleridge. Volume II. London. George Bell and Sons. 1891
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.*Euripides, ''Euripidis Fabulae.'' ''vol. 3''. Gilbert Murray. Oxford. Clarendon Press, Oxford. 1913
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.*
Tzetzes, John, ''Allegories of the Iliad'' translated by Goldwyn, Adam J. and Kokkini, Dimitra. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, Harvard University Press, 2015.
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