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In [[Greek mythology]], the name '''Periboea''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|p|ɛ|r|ᵻ|ˈ|b|iː|ə}}; [[Ancient Greek]]: Περίβοια "surrounded by cattle" derived from ''peri'' "around" and ''boes'' "cattle") refers to multiple figures:

*Periboea, one of the 3,000 [[Oceanids]], [[Naiad|water-nymph]] daughters of the [[Titans]] [[Oceanus]] and his sister-wife [[Tethys (mythology)|Tethys]].<ref name=":02">{{Cite book|last=Bane|first=Theresa|title=Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology|publisher=McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers|year=2013|isbn=9780786471119|page=270}}</ref> She was the mother of [[Aura (mythology)|Aura]] by [[Lelantos]].<ref>[[Nonnus]], 48.264 ff.</ref>
*Periboea, daughter of the [[Giants (Greek mythology)|Giant]] [[Eurymedon (mythology)|Eurymedon]] and the mother of [[Nausithous]] with [[Poseidon]].<ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Odyssey]]'' 7.56-57</ref>
*Periboea, daughter of either King [[Cychreus]] of [[Salamis Island|Salamis]] or of King [[Alcathous of Elis|Alcathous]] of [[Megara]], her mother in the latter case being either [[Pyrgo (mythology)|Pyrgo]] or [[Evaechme]], daughter of King [[Megareus of Onchestus|Megareus]] of [[Onchestos|Onchestus]].<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], 1.43.4</ref> She was ravished by [[Telamon]] who then fled away; when her father learned of that, he ordered for her to be cast in the sea, but the guard who was to perform that took pity on her and sold her away; the one who bought her happened to be Telamon.<ref>[[Pseudo-Plutarch]], ''[[Parallel Lives]]'' 27.312b</ref> She became by him mother of [[Ajax the Great|Ajax]].<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], 3.12.7; Pausanias, 1.42.1 & 1.17.3</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=[[Tzetzes]]|first=John|title=Allegories of the Iliad|publisher=Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library|year=2015|isbn=978-0-674-96785-4|location=Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England|pages=41, Prologue 526|translator-last=Goldwyn|translator-first=Adam|translator-last2=Kokkini|translator-first2=Dimitra}}</ref> She was among the would-be [[sacrificial victims of Minotaur]]; while on board the ship, [[Minos]] attempted to sexually abuse her but she was defended by [[Theseus]],<ref>[[Bacchylides]], ''Ode'' 17.8-16</ref> with whom she later consorted.<ref>[[Plutarch]], ''Theseus'' 29.1</ref><ref>[[Pherecydes of Athens|Pherecydes]] ([https://books.google.com/books?id=j0nRE4C2WBgC&pg=PA354 fr. 153 Fowler]) in [[Athenaeus]], 13. 557a. A certain "Phereboea" is also mentioned by him among the wives of Theseus; she could be identical with Periboea</ref> Also known as [[Eriboea (mythology)|Eriboea]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>[[Sophocles]], ''[[Ajax (play)|Ajax]]'' 566; [[Pindar]], ''Isthmian Ode'' 6.65; Pausanias, 1.42.1, 1.17.3 & 1.6.45; [[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' 14</ref>
*[[Merope of Corinth|Periboea]], an alternate name for Merope, the wife of King [[Polybus of Corinth]] and mother of [[Alcinoe]].<ref>[[Parthenius of Nicaea|Parthenius]], 27</ref> She was the foster mother of [[Oedipus]], future king of [[Thebes, Greece|Thebes]].<ref>Apollodorus, 3.5.7</ref>
*Periboea, a [[Naiads|Naiad]], wife of [[Icarius of Sparta|Icarius]], mother of [[Penelope]], [[Perilaus]], [[Icarius|Aletes]], [[Damasippus]], [[Imeusimus]] and [[Thoas (mythology)|Thoas]],<ref>Apollodorus, 3.10.6</ref> presumably also of [[Iphthime]].<ref>Homer, ''Odyssey'' 4.797</ref> Icarius' wife is alternatively known as [[Asterodia]], [[Dorodoche]]<ref>[[Scholia]] ad Homer, ''Odyssey'' [[iarchive:scholiagraecain06dindgoog/page/604/mode/1up|15.16]]</ref> or [[Polycaste]]<ref>[[Strabo]], 10.2.24; her sons by Icarius are called [[Alyzeus]] and [[Leucadius]]</ref>
*Periboea, the [[Olenus (Aetolia)|Olenian]] daughter of [[Hipponous]] and mother of [[Tydeus]] and possibly [[Melanippus]] or [[Olenias]] by [[Oeneus]].<ref>Scholia ad [[Euripides]], ''[[The Phoenician Women|Phoenissae]]'' 133</ref> She was sent by his father to Oeneus because she was seduced by [[Hippostratus (mythology)|Hippostratus]], son of [[Amarynceus]].<ref>Apollodorus, 1.8.4</ref>
*Periboea, one of the first two maidens sent by the people of [[Locris]] to the shrine of [[Athena]] at [[Troy]], in order to relieve them of plague. The other was named [[Cleopatra (Greek myth)|Cleopatra]].<ref>Apollodorus, E.6.20-21</ref>
*Periboea, eldest daughter of [[Acessamenus]], and mother of [[Pelagon]] by the river-god [[Axius (mythology)|Axius]].<ref>Homer, ''[[Iliad]]'' 21.142</ref>
*Periboea, mother, by [[Meges (mythology)|Meges]], of the [[Troy|Trojans]] [[Celtus]] and [[Eubius]] (Εὔβιος).<ref>[[Quintus Smyrnaeus]], 7.606 ff.</ref>
*Periboea, daughter of [[Aeolus#Son of Hippotes|Aeolus]], the wind lord, and [[Telepora]] or [[Telepatra]].<ref>Scholia ad Homer, ''Odyssey'' 10.6</ref>