Galaxy/The codex of Calybe

In Greek mythology, Calybe (Ancient Greek Καλύβη, "rustic hut") is a nymph Apollodorus names as mother of Bucolion, the illegitimate eldest son of Trojan king Laomedon. Homer knows Bucolion's unwed birth but names Abarbarea as mother of Bucolion's twin sons — a different fountain-nymph in the same Trojan landscape.

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I.Mother of Bucolion

Apollodorus (Bibliotheca 3.12.3) lists Laomedon's legitimate children and adds a son Bucolion by a nymph Calybe. Homer (Iliad 6.22–26) makes Bucolion Laomedon's eldest, born of an unwed mother, and names the naiad Abarbarea as mother of Bucolion's twins Aesepus and Pedasus — not of Bucolion himself.

The atlas keeps Calybe under topic bucolion-mother and kinds naiad; Abarbarea remains a separate Homeric fountain-nymph.

II.Homonym care

Wikipedia also lists a follower of Dionysus in the Indian War (Nonnus). The atlas id calybe-nymph is Laomedon's Trojan consort alone.

AT A GLANCE

Greek nameKalubē (Καλύβη)
Typenymph
DomainsTrojan fountain-nymph · mother of Bucolion · Laomedon's lover
SymbolsTrojan fountain-nymph · Mother of Bucolion · Laomedon's lover
Cult centersTroy
EtymologyAncient Greek Καλύβη (Kalýbē), "hut" or "cabin."
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