Editing Alphesiboea

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'''Alphesiboea''' ({{langx|grc|Ἀλφεσίβοια|Alphesíboia|link=no}}) was the name of several characters in [[Greek mythology]]:<ref name="DGRBM">{{cite encyclopedia | last = Schmitz | first = Leonhard | authorlink = Leonhard Schmitz | title = Alphesiboea | editor = [[William Smith (lexicographer)|William Smith]] | encyclopedia = [[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology]] | volume = 1 | pages = 134 | publisher = [[Little, Brown and Company]] | location = Boston | year = 1867 | url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0143.html | url-status = usurped | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080527153044/http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0143.html | archivedate = 2008-05-27 }}</ref>

*Alphesiboea, mother of [[Adonis]] with [[Phoenix (son of Agenor)|Phoenix]].<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.14.4&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Alphesiboea 3.14.4] with [[Hesiod]] as the authority</ref>
*[[Alphesiboea (daughter of Phegeus)|Alphesiboea]], a [[Psophis|Psophian]] princess as the daughter of King [[Phegeus]] in [[Arcadia (ancient region)|Arcadia]].<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+8.24.8&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Alphesiboea 8.24.8]</ref> She was the sister of [[Axion (Greek mythology)|Axion]] and [[Temenus (mythology)|Temenus]], and married [[Alcmaeon (mythology)|Alcmaeon]] who was purified by her father for the murder of his mother [[Eriphyle]]. Alphesiboea was deserted by her husband for the love of [[Callirrhoe (daughter of Achelous)|Callirhoe]], daughter of the river-god [[Achelous]]. In revenge, her brothers Axion and Temenus at the command of their father treacherously slew their brother-in-law. Phegeus was also said to have murdered Alcmaeon himself<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#245 245]</ref> and also Alphesiboea's unnamed daughter.<ref>Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#244 244]</ref> Later on, the widowed sister, Alphesiboea killed her own brothers in revenge of her husbands's death.<ref>[[Sextus Propertius|Propertius]], ''Elegies'' 1.15.23</ref> In some versions of this myth, she is called [[Arsinoe (Greek mythology)|Arsinoe]].<ref>Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.7.5&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Arsinoe 3.7.5]</ref>
*Alphesiboea, a daughter of [[Bias (son of Amythaon)|Bias]] and [[Pero (princess)|Pero]], and sister to [[Aretus]] and [[Perialces|Perialkes]].<ref>[[Scholia]] ad ''Nekuia'' 3F33 with [[Pherecydes of Athens|Pherecydes]] as the authority</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Gantz|first=Timothy|title=Early Greek Myth: A Guide to Literary and Ancient Sources|publisher=[[Johns Hopkins University Press]]|year=1993|isbn=0-8018-4410-X|location=London|pages=187}}</ref> She was the wife of [[Pelias]].<ref>[[Theocritus]], ''Idylls'' 3.45</ref> This character, however, is usually called [[Anaxibia]] or other sources had [[Philomache|Phylomache]], [[Minyans|Minyan]] daughter of King [[Amphion]] of [[Orchomenus (Boeotia)|Orchomenus]] as the spouse of Pelias.<ref>Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.9.10&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=1:chapter=9&highlight=Anaxibia 1.9.10]</ref>
*Alphesiboea, an Indian [[nymph]], who was obsessively coveted by [[Dionysus]], but she refused to yield to his wishes, that is until the god changed himself into a tiger, and thus compelled her by fear of threat to allow him to carry her across the river Sollax, which from this circumstance received the name of Tigris. With him, she eventually became mother of [[Medes (mythology)|Medes]].<ref>[[Pseudo-Plutarch]], ''De fluviis'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Ps.+Plut.+Fluv.+24&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0400 24]</ref>

== Notes ==
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== References ==

* [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
*[[Gaius Julius Hyginus]], ''Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* [[Timothy Gantz|Gantz, Timothy]], ''Early Greek Myth: A Guide to Literary and Artistic Sources'', Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996, Two volumes: {{ISBN|978-0-8018-5360-9}} (Vol. 1), {{ISBN|978-0-8018-5362-3}} (Vol. 2).
*[[Plutarch|Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus]], ''Morals'' translated from the Greek by several hands. Corrected and revised by [[William Watson Goodwin|William W. Goodwin]], Ph.D. Boston. Little, Brown, and Company. Cambridge. Press of John Wilson and son. 1874. 5. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0400%3Achapter%3D1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'' with an English translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+1.1.1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
* Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.  [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Propertius|Sextus Propertius]], ''Elegies'' from ''Charm.'' Vincent Katz. trans. Los Angeles. Sun & Moon Press. 1995. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0067 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0066 Latin text available at the same website].
* [[Theocritus]], ''Idylls'' from ''The Greek Bucolic Poets'' translated by Edmonds, J M. Loeb Classical Library Volume 28. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. 1912. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/TheocritusIdylls1.html Online version at theoi.com]
* Theocritus, ''Idylls'' edited by R. J. Cholmeley, M.A. London. George Bell & Sons. 1901. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0228 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.]



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