Polyboea

In Greek mythology, Polyboea (Πολύβοια), is a name that refers to:

• Polyboea, a sister of Hyacinthus who died a virgin and was believed to have been taken to heaven by Aphrodite, Athena and Artemis, together with her brother.^[1]
• Polyboea, the first wife of Actor.^[2]
• Polyboea, daughter of Oecles and Hypermnestra, sister of Iphianeira and Amphiaraus.^[3]
• Polyboea, a handmaid of Hecuba, who found the dead body of Polydorus.^[4]
• Polyboea, an alternate name for Philonome, the stepmother of Tenes.^[5]
• Polyboea, an obscure theonym, likely an epithet of Artemis or Persephone.^[6]

References

1. Pausanias, Description of Greece, 3. 19. 4
2. Eustathius on Homer, 321
3. Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, 4. 68. 5
4. Scholia on Euripides, Hecuba, 680
5. Scholia on Homer, Iliad, 1. 37
6. Hesychius of Alexandria s. v. Polyboia