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Periboea

Periboea

(Περίβοια).

1. The wife of Icarus, and mother of Penelope. [Icarius.]

Periboea

2. A daughter of Eurymedon, and by Poseid the mother of Nausithous. (Hom. Od. 7.56, &c.)

Periboea

3. A daughter of Acessamenus, and the mother of Pelagon by the river god Axius. (Hom. Il. xx 142.)

Periboea

4. A daughter of Alcathous, and the wife of Telamon, by whom she became the mother of Ajax and Teucer. (Apollod. 3.12.7; Paus. 1.42.1, 17.3.) Some writers call her Eriboea. (Pind. Isthm. 6.65; Soph. Aj. 566.)

Periboea

5. A daughter of Hipponous, and the wife of Oeneus, by whom she became the mother of Tydeus. (Apollod. 1.8.4; comp. OENEUS.

Periboea

6. The wife of king Polybus of Corinth. (Apollod. 3.5.7; comp. Oedipus.) [L.S]

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