Periboea

 ( Oceanids ) 

In Greek mythology, the name Periboea (; Ancient Greek: Περίβοια "surrounded by cattle" derived from peri "around" and boes "cattle") refers to multiple figures:

• Periboea, one of the 3,000 Oceanids, Naiad daughters of the Titans Oceanus and his sister-wife Tethys.
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  She was the mother of Aura by Lelantos.Nonnus, 48.264 ff.
• Periboea, daughter of the Giant Eurymedon and the mother of Nausithous with Poseidon.Homer, Odyssey 7.56-57
• Periboea, daughter of either King Cychreus of Salamis Island or of King Alcathous of Megara, her mother in the latter case being either Pyrgo or Evaechme, daughter of King Megareus of Onchestos.Pausanias, 1.43.4 She was ravished by Telamon who then fled away; when her father learned of that, he ordered for her to be cast in the sea, but the guard who was to perform that took pity on her and sold her away; the one who bought her happened to be Telamon.Pseudo-Plutarch, Parallel Lives 27.312b She became by him mother of Ajax.Apollodorus, 3.12.7; Pausanias, 1.42.1 & 1.17.3
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  She was among the would-be sacrificial victims of Minotaur; while on board the ship, Minos attempted to sexually abuse her but she was defended by Theseus,Bacchylides, Ode 17.8-16 with whom she later consorted.Plutarch, Theseus 29.1Pherecydes ( fr. 153 Fowler) in Athenaeus, 13. 557a. A certain "Phereboea" is also mentioned by him among the wives of Theseus; she could be identical with Periboea Also known as Eriboea.Sophocles, Ajax 566; Pindar, Isthmian Ode 6.65; Pausanias, 1.42.1, 1.17.3 & 1.6.45; Hyginus, Fabulae 14
• Periboea, an alternate name for Merope, the wife of King Polybus of Corinth and mother of Alcinoë.Parthenius, 27 She was the foster mother of Oedipus, future king of Thebes.Apollodorus, 3.5.7
• Periboea, a Naiads, wife of Icarius, mother of Penelope, Perilaus, Icarius, Damasippus, Imeusimus and Thoas,Apollodorus, 3.10.6 presumably also of Iphthime.Homer, Odyssey 4.797 Icarius' wife is alternatively known as Asterodia, DorodocheScholia ad Homer, Odyssey or PolycasteStrabo, 10.2.24; her sons by Icarius are called Alyzeus and Leucadius
• Periboea, the Olenian daughter of Hipponous and mother of Tydeus and possibly Melanippus or Olenias by Oeneus.Scholia ad Euripides, Phoenissae 133 She was sent by his father to Oeneus because she was seduced by Hippostratus, son of Amarynceus.Apollodorus, 1.8.4
• Periboea, one of the first two maidens sent by the people of Locris to the shrine of Athena at Troy, in order to relieve them of plague. The other was named Cleopatra.Apollodorus, E.6.20-21
• Periboea, eldest daughter of Acessamenus, and mother of Pelagon by the river-god Axius.Homer, Iliad 21.142
• Periboea, mother, by Meges, of the Troy Celtus and Eubius (Εὔβιος).Quintus Smyrnaeus, 7.606 ff.
• Periboea, daughter of Aeolus, the wind lord, and Telepora or Telepatra.Scholia ad Homer, Odyssey 10.6

• for Jovian asteroid 12929 Periboea

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