Cleobule

Cleobule is not a single unified character but a personal name attached to multiple women in Greek mythic genealogies. Attested roles include: mother of Myrtilus (by Hermes, with variants naming Aeopolus/Aeolus); wife of Aleus of Tegea and mother of Cepheus and Amphidamas; mother by Ares of Cycnus (slain by Heracles); mother of Amphimachus by Cteatus (given as an alternative to Theronice); mother of Leonteus by Coronus; possible daughter of Eurytus and mother (by Tenthredon) of Prothous, leader of the Magnesians at Troy; a woman named Cleobule cited as mother of Phoenix by Amyntor in some traditions (linked to the Phoenix-Amyntor episode); and a Boeotian mother of Leitus by Lacritus (alternate genealogies exist). Some attestations (e.g., Hyginus' statement that a Cleobule was mother of the tragedian Euripides by Apollo) are noted in sources as uncertain or possibly corrupt.

No physical descriptions or iconographic details are attested for any bearer of the name in the provided sources. Cleobule appears in literary and genealogical records only; the sources do not describe appearance, dress, or attributes.

The sources do not ascribe supernatural powers to Cleobule. Her recorded "actions" are narrative and genealogical: serving as wife or mother in lineage accounts and, in one tradition, instigating a familial transgression (the version in which she persuades her son Phoenix to sleep with her, provoking Amyntor's curse on Phoenix). Beyond such narrative roles there are no magical abilities or characteristic behaviors attributed in the provided material.