Stilbe

Stilbe (/ˈstɪlbiː/; Ancient Greek: Στίλβη Stílbē) in Greek mythology may refer to the following personages:

• Stilbe, mother of Callisto by Ceteus.^[1][2]
• Stilbe, a nymph, daughter of the river god Peneus and the Naiad Creusa. She bore Apollo twin sons, Centaurus, ancestor of the Centaurs, and Lapithus, ancestor of the Lapiths.^[3] In another version of the myth, Centaurus was instead the son of Ixion and Nephele.^[4] Aineus, father of Cyzicus, was also said to have been a son of Apollo and Stilbe.^[5] By Cychreus, she became mother of the nymph Chariclo, wife of Chiron.^[6]
• Stilbe, daughter of Eosphoros and a possible mother of Autolycus by Hermes.^[7]

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• Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
• Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888-1890. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Fowler, Robert L., Early Greek Mythography. Volume 2: Commentary. Oxford University Press. Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, OX2 6DP, United Kingdom. 2013. ISBN 978-0-19-814741-1
• Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• M. Grant and J. Hazel, Who's Who in Greek Mythology, David McKay & Co Inc, 1979

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