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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Meliboea''' {{IPAc-en|ˌ|m|ɛ|l|ᵻ|ˈ|b|iː|ə}} or '''Meliboia''' ({{langx|grc|Μελίβοια}}) was a name attributed to the following individuals:

*Meliboea, daughter of the Titan [[Oceanus]] possibly by his sister-wife [[Tethys (mythology)|Tethys]]. She was the [[Oceanids|Oceanid]] who became the mother of King [[Lycaon (king of Arcadia)|Lycaon]] of [[Arcadia (region)|Arcadia]] with [[Pelasgus]].<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.8.1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Meliboea 3.8.1]; [[Tzetzes]] ad [[Lycophron]], [https://topostext.org/work/860#481 481]</ref>{{AI-generated source|date=November 2024}} She was also loved by the river god [[Orontes river|Orontes]], who stopped his waters out of love for her, flooding the land.<ref>[[Oppian]], ''Cynegetica'' [https://topostext.org/work/525#2.100 2.115 ff.]</ref>
*Meliboea, mother of [[Alector]] by [[Magnes (mythology)|Magnes]], who named the town of [[Meliboea (Magnesia)|Meliboea]] in [[Thessaly]] after her.<ref>[[Eustathius of Thessalonica|Eustathius]] ad [[Homer]], p. 338</ref> The town of Meliboea became a kingdom in eastern Thessalia (north [[Magnesia (regional unit)|Magnesia]]). Nowadays, Meliboea ([[Melivoia, Larissa|Melivoia]]) is a municipality of [[Larissa (regional unit)|Larissa regional unit]]. The exact place of ancient Meliboia is not known.
*Meliboea, alias [[Chloris of Thebes]], the only [[Niobid]] spared when [[Artemis]] and [[Apollo (god)|Apollo]] killed the rest. She was so horrified at the sight of her siblings' deaths that she stayed greenishly pale for the rest of her life, and for that reason she was dubbed ''[[Chloris]]'' ("the pale one").<ref>Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.5.6&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Meliboea 3.5.6]; [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+2.21.9&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Meliboea 2.21.9]</ref>
*[[Meliboea of Ephesus|Meliboea]], a maiden of [[Ephesus]]. She loved a young man named [[Alexis (mythology)|Alexis]], but her parents betrothed her to another man, and Alexis had to leave the city. By divine intervention she was carried to the place where Alexis lived. The reunited lovers dedicated two temples to [[Aphrodite]].<ref>[[Servius the Grammarian|Servius]], Commentary on [[Virgil|Virgil's]] ''[[Aeneid]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Serv.+A.+1.720&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0053:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Meliboea 1.720]</ref>
*Meliboea, mother of [[Phellus (mythology)|Phellus]], according to [[Hesiod]].<ref>[[Hesiod]], ''[[Catalogue of Women|Ehoiai]]'' fr. 167 M-W = [http://www.theoi.com/Text/HesiodCatalogues.html fr. 33 Evelyn-White]</ref> Both mother and son are otherwise unknown.
*Meliboea is also an alternate name for [[Periboea]] or [[Eriboea (mythology)|Eriboea]], mother of [[Ajax the Great]], who was also said to have been married to [[Theseus]].<ref>[[Athenaeus]], 4 p. 557a</ref>

==Kings of Meliboea==
Famous kings of Meliboea were:
*King [[Poeas]] ([[Argonauts|Argonaut]]), a friend of [[Hercules]].
*King [[Philoctetes]], son of Poeas, was a famous archer, and a participant in the [[Trojan War]].

==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].
* [[Athenaeus|Athenaeus of Naucratis]], ''The Deipnosophists or Banquet of the Learned.'' London. Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden. 1854. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2013.01.0003 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library].
* Athenaeus of Naucratis, ''Deipnosophistae''. Kaibel. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1887. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2013.01.0001 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Hesiod]], ''Catalogue of Women'' from ''Homeric Hymns, Epic Cycle, Homerica'' translated by Evelyn-White, H G. Loeb Classical Library Volume 57. London: William Heinemann, 1914. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/HesiodCatalogues.html Online version at theio.com]
* [[Maurus Servius Honoratus]], ''In Vergilii carmina comentarii. Servii Grammatici qui feruntur in Vergilii carmina commentarii;'' recensuerunt Georgius Thilo et Hermannus Hagen. Georgius Thilo. Leipzig. B. G. Teubner. 1881. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0053 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. {{ISBN|0-674-99328-4}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
* Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
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