Theobule
Set of mythological Greek characters
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In Greek mythology, the name Theobule (Ancient Greek: Θεοβούλη from θεός + βούλλα[1] 'divine will' or 'divine counsel') refers to:
- Theobule, mother of Myrtilus by Hermes.[2]
- Theobula, mother of Arcesilaus and Prothoenor by Areilycus[3] (Archilycus[4]). Their son was one of the Boeotian leaders in the Trojan War. In one account, Alector was the father of Arcesilaus by Cleobule and Prothoenor by Arteis.[5]
This name was also thought to have given rise to Sibyl by Varro, a Roman man of letters.[1] The historian Jerome similarly explained Theobule as the Attic form of the Doric Σιοβόλλα (Siobolla), a variant of Sibulla (Sibyl in Greek)[6]
