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Calybe
(86 words)

(Καλύβη; Kalýbē).

[German version]

[1] Mistress of Laomedon

Nymph who bore to the Trojan king  Laomedon a son named Bucolion (Apollod. 3.12.3). Without mentioning the name of the mother, Homer (Il. 6.23-24) also mentions the birth of Laomedon's illegitimate son Bucolion.

Prescendi, Francesca (Geneva)

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[2] Priestess of Juno

Priestess of  Juno in Ardea. The fury Allecto takes on her form when she appears to  Turnus in a dream and incites him to fight against the Trojans (Verg. Aen. 7.419).

Prescendi, F…

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Prescendi, Francesca (Geneva), “Calybe”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 24 January 2021 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e607360>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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