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Polybule

In Greek mythology, Polybule was the Boeotian mother of the Argonaut Leitus by Alector. Alternatively, Leitus parents were identified to be Lacritus and Cleobule or an earth-born, thus a son of Gaea.

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In Greek mythology, Polybule was the Boeotian mother of the Argonaut Leitus by Alector.12 Alternatively, Leitus parents were identified to be Lacritus and Cleobule3 or an earth-born, thus a son of Gaea.4

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  1. Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica 4.67.7
  2. Tzetzes, John (2015). Allegories of the Iliad. Translated by Goldwyn, Adam; Kokkini, Dimitra. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. pp. 41, Prologue 534. ISBN 978-0-674-96785-4.
  3. Hyginus, Fabulae 97
  4. Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 259
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