Galaxy/The codex of Cleobule

In Greek mythology, Cleobule (Ancient Greek Κλεοβούλη) is the Boeotian wife of Lacritus and mother of Leitus and Clonius in Hyginus' catalogue. Alternate traditions give other mothers for Leitus (Polybule) or attach Cleobule to Arcesilaus by Alector — handbook variants around the same Boeotian command house.

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I.Mother of Boeotian captains

Hyginus (Fabulae 97) names Cleobule wife of Lacritus as mother of Leitus and Clonius. Wikipedia's Cleobule page records the same Boeotian entry, noting alternate mothers for Leitus (Polybule by Alector; or earth-born) and a variant that makes Cleobule mother of Arcesilaus by Alector.

The page also lists many other Cleobules — mother of Myrtilus, wife of Aleus, mother of Cycnus, mother of Phoenix by Amyntor, and more — none of which is this Boeotian.

II.Homonym care

The atlas id cleobule-boeotian is Hyginus' Boeotian mother alone. Character prose already distinguishes her from Cleobule mother of Eurythemis in Apollodorus' Calydonian stemma.

AT A GLANCE

Greek nameKleoboúlē (Κλεοβούλη)
Typehero
Domainsmother of Leïtus and Clonius · Boeotian house
SymbolsMother of Leitus and Clonius · Boeotian house · Wife of Lacritus
Cult centersBoeotia
EtymologyAncient Greek Κλεοβούλη (Kleoboúlē), "famous in counsel."
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