In Greek mythology, Polyboea (/ˌpɒlɪˈbiːə/; Ancient Greek: Πολύβοια, /polýboi̯a/ meaning "worth much cattle"), is a name that refers to:
- Polyboea, a sister of Hyacinthus who died a virgin and was believed to have been taken to Elysium by Aphrodite, Athena and Artemis, together with her brother.[1] As the sister of Hyacinthus, she was probably a Spartan princess as the daughter of King Amyclas[2] and Diomede, daughter of Lapithes. Her other possible siblings were Argalus,[3] Cynortes,[4] Harpalus,[5] Laodamia[6] (or Leanira[7]), Hegesandra,[8] and in other versions, of Daphne.[9]
- Polyboea, the first wife of Actor.[10]
- Polyboea, daughter of Oecles and Hypermnestra, sister of Iphianeira and Amphiaraus.[11]
- Polyboea, a handmaid of Hecuba, who found the dead body of Polydorus.[12]
- Polyboea, an alternate name for Philonome, wife of Cycnus and stepmother of Tenes.[13]
- Polyboea, an obscure theonym, likely an epithet of Artemis or Persephone.[14]
- ^ Pausanias, 3.19.4
- ^ Pherecydes, fr. 132
- ^ Pausanias, 3.1.3
- ^ Pausanias, 3.13.1
- ^ Pausanias, 7.18.5 (Achaica)
- ^ Pausanias, 10.9.5
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.9.1
- ^ Scholia on Homer, Odyssey 4.10; Pherecydes, fr. 132
- ^ Parthenius, Erotica Pathemata 15
- ^ Eustathius on Homer, 321
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, 4.68.5
- ^ Scholia on Euripides, Hecuba 680
- ^ Scholia on Homer, Iliad 1.37
- ^ Hesychius of Alexandria s.v. Polyboia