Stilbe

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

• 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.[1][2] In another version of the myth, Centaurus was instead the son of Ixion and Nephele.[3] Aineus, father of Cyzicus, was also said to have been a son of Apollo and Stilbe.[4] By Cychreus she became mother of the nymph Chariclo, wife of Chiron.[5]
• Stilbe, daughter of Eosphoros and a possible mother of Autolycus by Hermes,[6] and of Callisto by Ceteus.[7]

For the plant genus, see Stilbe (plant). Not to be confused with Stilbo.

Notes

1. Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica 4.69.1
2. Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.40
3. Hyginus, Fabulae 62
4. Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.948
5. M. Grant and J. Hazel, Who's Who in Greek Mythology, David McKay & Co Inc, 1979
6. Scholia on Homer, Iliad 10.266
7. Scholia on Euripides, Orestes 1646

References

• 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.
• 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