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{{Short description|Several figures in Greek mythology}}
In [Greek mythology](/source/Greek_mythology), the name '''Cleobule''', '''Cleoboule''', '''Kleobule''' or '''Kleoboule''' ([Ancient Greek](/source/Ancient_Greek): Κλεοβούλη, ''Kleoboúlē'') or '''Cleobula''' refers to:

*Cleobule, daughter of [Aeolus](/source/Aeolus) or [Aeopolus](/source/Aeopolus), one of the possible mothers of [Myrtilus](/source/Myrtilus) by [Hermes](/source/Hermes).<ref>[Tzetzes](/source/Tzetzes) on [Lycophron](/source/Lycophron), [https://topostext.org/work/860#157 157]</ref>{{AI-generated source|date=November 2024}}<ref>[Scholia](/source/Scholia) on [Euripides](/source/Euripides), ''Orestes'' 990</ref>
*Cleobule, wife of [Aleus](/source/Aleus) of [Tegea](/source/Tegea), mother of [Cepheus](/source/Cepheus%2C_King_of_Tegea) and [Amphidamas](/source/Amphidamas).<ref>[Hyginus](/source/Hyginus_(Fabulae)), ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#14 14]</ref>
*Cleobula, mother by [Ares](/source/Ares) of [Cycnus](/source/Cycnus_(son_of_Ares)) who was killed by [Heracles](/source/Heracles).<ref>{{Cite book|last=Murray|first=John|title=A Classical Manual, being a Mythological, Historical and Geographical Commentary on Pope's Homer, and Dryden's Aeneid of Virgil with a Copious Index|year=1833|location=Albemarle Street, London|pages=70}}</ref>
*Cleobule, mother of [Amphimachus](/source/Amphimachus) by [Cteatus](/source/Eurytus_and_Cteatus)<ref>Tzetzes, ''Allegories of the Iliad'' Prologue 569</ref> instead of [Theronice](/source/Theronice).
*Cleobule, mother of [Leonteus](/source/Leonteus_(mythology)) by [Coronus](/source/Coronus_(mythology)).<ref>Tzetzes, ''Allegories of the Iliad'' Prologue 626</ref>
*Cleobule, daughter of [Eurytus](/source/Eurytus) and by [Tenthredon](/source/Tenthredon),<ref>Prothoos' father Tenthredon was mentioned in the following sources: [Apollodorus](/source/Bibliotheca_(Pseudo-Apollodorus)), Epitome [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+Epit.+e.3.14&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022 3.14]; [Homer](/source/Homer), ''[Iliad](/source/Iliad)'' [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0134:book=2:card=734&highlight=tenthredon 2.756]; [Hyginus](/source/Gaius_Julius_Hyginus), ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#97 97] & [Eustathius](/source/Eustathius_of_Thessalonica) on Homer, ''Iliad'' p. 338</ref> possibly the mother of [Prothous](/source/Prothous), leader of the [Magnesians](/source/Magnesia_(regional_unit)) during the [Trojan War](/source/Trojan_War).<ref>Tzetzes, ''Allegories of the Iliad'' Prologue 635</ref> Otherwise, [Eurymache](/source/Eurymache) was called the mother of the Prothous.<ref>Tzetzes, ''Allegories of the Iliad'' Prologue 634</ref>
*Cleobule, mother of [Phoenix](/source/Phoenix_(son_of_Amyntor)) by [Amyntor](/source/Amyntor_(son_of_Ormenus)).<ref>Gantz, p. 618; Tzetzes on Lycophron, [https://topostext.org/work/860#421 421] [https://archive.org/stream/isaakioukaiiann00mlgoog#page/n659/mode/2up (Gk text)]</ref>{{AI-generated source|date=November 2024}}<ref>{{Cite book|last=[Tzetzes](/source/Tzetzes)|first=John|title=Allegories of the Iliad|publisher=Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library|year=2015|isbn=978-0-674-96785-4|location=Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England|pages=33, Prologue 432; pp. 41, Prologue 524|translator-last=Goldwyn|translator-first=Adam|translator-last2=Kokkini|translator-first2=Dimitra}}</ref> Otherwise, Hippodameia or Alcimede was called the mother).<ref>Gantz, p. 618. For Hippodamia, see the A scholia to ''Iliad'' 9.448 (cited by Gantz), for Alcimede see ''[Palatine Anthology](/source/Palatine_Anthology)'' 3.3 (Paton, [https://www.loebclassics.com/view/greek_anthology_3/2014/pb_LCL067.153.xml pp. 152&ndash;153]).</ref> Cleobule had two other possible children by Amyntor, [Asydameia](/source/Astydameia)<ref>Apollodorus, 2.7.8</ref> and [Crantor](/source/Crantor_(mythology)).<ref>[Ovid](/source/Ovid), ''[Metamorphoses](/source/Metamorphoses)'' [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0959.phi006.perseus-eng1:12.316-12.428 12.355–392]</ref> Cleobule was jealous of Amyntor's love for his concubine, [Clytie](/source/Clytie) or [Phthia](/source/Phthia_(mistress_of_Amyntor)), so she convinced her son Phoenix to sleep with her, but when Amyntor found out, he cursed Phoenix with sterility.<ref>[Homer](/source/Homer), ''[Iliad](/source/Iliad)'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hom.%20Il.%209.437&lang=original 9.437-484]</ref>
*Cleobule, the [Boeotia](/source/Boeotia)n mother of [Leitus](/source/Leitus) by [Lacritus](/source/Lacritus_(mythology));<ref>Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#97 97]</ref> alternately, mother of [Arcesilaus](/source/Arcesilaus_(mythology)) by [Alector](/source/Alector) (Alectryon).<ref>{{Cite book|last=[Tzetzes](/source/Tzetzes)|first=John|title=Allegories of the Iliad|publisher=Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library|year=2015|isbn=978-0-674-96785-4|location=Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England|pages=41, Prologue 534|translator-last=Goldwyn|translator-first=Adam|translator-last2=Kokkini|translator-first2=Dimitra}}</ref> Otherwise, Leitus' mother was [Polybule](/source/Polybule) by Alector or he was an [earth-born](/source/Autochthon_(ancient_Greece)), thus a son of [Gaea](/source/Gaia).<ref>[Euripides](/source/Euripides), ''[Iphigenia in Aulis](/source/Iphigenia_in_Aulis)'' 259</ref> Meanwhile, Arcesilaus' parents were [Areilycus](/source/Areilycus) and [Theobule](/source/Theobule).<ref>Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#97 97]</ref>
*Cleobule, mother of the [tragedian](/source/tragedian) [Euripides](/source/Euripides) by [Apollo](/source/Apollo), as stated by [Hyginus](/source/Gaius_Julius_Hyginus).<ref>Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#161 161]</ref> Whether this is an otherwise unknown legend or simply the result of corruption of the text is uncertain.

==See also==
*[Kleobule](/source/Kleobule), mother of Demosthenes

==Notes==
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== References ==

* [Apollodorus](/source/Bibliotheca_(Pseudo-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}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
*[Euripides](/source/Euripides), ''The Complete Greek Drama'', edited by Whitney J. Oates and Eugene O'Neill, Jr. in two volumes. 1. Iphigenia in Tauris, translated by Robert Potter. New York. Random House. 1938. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0112 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
* Euripides, ''Euripidis Fabulae.'' ''vol. 2''. Gilbert Murray. Oxford. Clarendon Press, Oxford. 1913. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0111 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [Gantz, Timothy](/source/Timothy_Gantz), ''Early Greek Myth: A Guide to Literary and Artistic Sources'', Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996, Two volumes: {{ISBN|978-0-8018-5360-9}} (Vol. 1), {{ISBN|978-0-8018-5362-3}} (Vol. 2).
* [Gaius Julius Hyginus](/source/Gaius_Julius_Hyginus), ''Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
*[Homer](/source/Homer), [''The Iliad''](/source/Iliad) with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. {{ISBN|978-0674995796|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0134 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
*Homer, ''Homeri Opera'' in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. {{ISBN|978-0198145318|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0133 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* Paton, W. R. (ed.), ''Greek Anthology, Volume I: Book 1: Christian Epigrams. Book 2: Description of the Statues in the Gymnasium of Zeuxippus. Book 3: Epigrams in the Temple of Apollonis at Cyzicus. Book 4: Prefaces to the Various Anthologies. Book 5: Erotic Epigrams.'' Translated by W. R. Paton. Revised by Michael A. Tueller. [Loeb Classical Library](/source/Loeb_Classical_Library) No. 67. Cambridge, Massachusetts: [Harvard University Press](/source/Harvard_University_Press), 2014. [https://www.loebclassics.com/view/LCL067/2014/volume.xml Online version at Harvard University Press].
*[Tzetzes, John](/source/John_Tzetzes), ''Allegories of the Iliad'' translated by Goldwyn, Adam J. and Kokkini, Dimitra. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, Harvard University Press, 2015. {{ISBN|978-0-674-96785-4}}
* [Tzetzes](/source/John_Tzetzes), ''Scolia eis Lycophroon'', edited by Christian Gottfried Müller, Sumtibus F.C.G. Vogelii, 1811. [https://archive.org/stream/isaakioukaiiann00mlgoog#page/n5/mode/2up Internet Archive]
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