Unchanged by any teller — how the centuries since have seen Periboea.
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Odyssey
Homer
Homer makes Periboea youngest daughter of mighty Eurymedon, mate of Poseidon, and mother of Nausithous — the mortal stem of the Phaeacian kings of Scheria.
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Nausithous
Periboea's son by Poseidon — the godlike founder who leads the Phaeacians from Hypereia to Scheria.
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Poseidon
Periboea's lover — the earth-shaker whose son Nausithous founds the island people who will later ferry Odysseus home.
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Periboea
Daughter of Eurymedon — carefully distinct from the Corinthian, Calydonian, and Spartan naiad Periboeas.