Periboea
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Greek Name | Transliteration | Latin Spelling | Translation |
Περιβοια | Periboia | Periboea | Around the Cattle |
PERIBOIA (Periboea) was the youngest daughter of giant-king Eurymedon and the mother by Poseidon of Nausithoos, the first king of the Phaiakes (Phaeacians). The Phaiakes were a mythical sea-faring race famed for their encounter with the hero Odysseus.
Periboia's name means "Surrounding the Cattle" or "Around the Cattle" from the Greek words peri and bous. She was probably a giantess (gigantis) like the wife and daughter of the Laistrygon Antiphates described elsewhere in the Odyssey. If her father Eurymedon was the same figure as Alkyoneus--the usual king of the giants--Periboia would be numbered amongst the sea-calming Alkyonides.