Galaxy/The codex of Periboea

Eldest daughter of Acessamenus (`accessamenus-paeonian`) with whom wide-flowing Axius (`axius-river`) lay and begat Pelegon (`pelegon-paeonian`) — distinct from Periboea wife of Oeneus (`periboea-oeneus`), Penelope's mother (`periboea-naiad`), and the Phaeacian nymph (`periboea-phaeacian`).1

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Homer names Periboea only through her son's boast: Asteropaeus, son of Pelegon, was begotten of wide-flowing Axius and Periboea, eldest of the daughters of Acessamenus, when the deep-eddying River lay with her.2

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BEYOND THE POETS

How the centuries since have seen Periboea — art, artifacts and echoes.

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