Alphesiboea
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Alphesiboea (Ancient Greek: Ἀλφεσίβοια) was the name of several characters in Greek mythology:[1]
- Alphesiboea, mother of Adonis with Phoenix.[2]
- Alphesiboea, a Psophian princess as the daughter of King Arsinoe.[7]
- Alphesiboea, a daughter of Bias and Pero, and sister to Aretus and Perialkes.[8][9] She was the wife of Pelias.[10] This character, however, is usually called Anaxibia or other sources had Phylomache, Minyan daughter of King Amphion of Orchomenus as the spouse of Pelias.[11]
- Alphesiboea, an Indian nymph, who was obsessively coveted by Dionysus, but she refused to yield to his wishes, that is until the god changed himself into a tiger, and thus compelled her by fear of threat to allow him to carry her across the river Sollax, which from this circumstance received the name of Tigris. With him, she eventually became mother of Medes.[12]
Notes
- ^ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867). "Alphesiboea". In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 134. Archived from the original on 2008-05-27.
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.14.4
- ^ Pausanias, 8.24.8
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 245
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 244
- Propertius, Elegies 1.15.23
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.7.5
- ^ Scholion on Nekuia 3F33 with Pherecydes as the authority
- ISBN 0-8018-4410-X.
- ^ Theocritus, Idylls 3.45
- ^ Apollodorus, 1.9.10
- ^ Pseudo-Plutarch, De fluviis 24
References
- Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- 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.
- ISBN 978-0-8018-5362-3(Vol. 2).
- Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus, Morals translated from the Greek by several hands. Corrected and revised by William W. Goodwin, Ph.D. Boston. Little, Brown, and Company. Cambridge. Press of John Wilson and son. 1874. 5. Online version 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.
- Sextus Propertius, Elegies from Charm. Vincent Katz. trans. Los Angeles. Sun & Moon Press. 1995. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Latin text available at the same website.
- Theocritus, Idylls from The Greek Bucolic Poets translated by Edmonds, J M. Loeb Classical Library Volume 28. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. 1912. Online version at theoi.com
- Theocritus, Idylls edited by R. J. Cholmeley, M.A. London. George Bell & Sons. 1901. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Alphesiboea". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.