Cleobule

In Greek mythology, the name Cleobule (Κλεοβούλη) refers to:

• Cleobule, wife of Aleus of Tegea, mother of Cepheus and Amphidamas.^[1]

• Cleobule, mother of Leitus by Lacritus;^[2] alternately, mother of Arcesilaus by Alector (Alectryon.)^[3]

• Cleobule, daughter of Aeolus or Aeopolus, one of the possible mothers of Myrtilus by Hermes.^[4][5]

• Cleobule, mother of Phoenix by Amyntor.^[6]

• Cleobule, mother of Leonteus by Coronus.^[7]

• Cleobule, daughter of Eurytus and possibly the mother of Prothous by Tenthredon.^[8]

• Cleobule, in one source, mother of Amphimachus by Cteatus^[9] instead of Theronice.

• Cleobule, mother of the tragedian Euripides by Apollo, as stated by Hyginus.^[10] Whether this is an otherwise unknown legend or simply the result of corruption of the text is uncertain.

References

1. Hyginus, Fabulae, 14
2. Hyginus, Fabulae 97
3. Tzetzes, Homeric Allegories, Prologue, 534
4. Tzetzes on Lycophron 157
5. Scholia on Euripides, Orestes, 990
6. Tzetzes on Lycophron 421
7. Tzetzes, Homeric Allegories, Prologue, 626
8. Tzetzes, Homeric Allegories, Prologue, 635
9. Tzetzes, Homeric Allegories, Prologue, 569
10. Hyginus, Fabulae, 161