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KALYBE
 

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Kalubh
Kalybê
Calybe
Hut, Cabin (kalybê)

KALYBE (or Calybe) was a Trojan Nymph loved by King Laomedon of Troy. She may have been either an Epimelid, Naiad or Oreiad Nymphe.

Her name comes from the word kalybê, a rustic hut, and her son's bukoliôn means herd of cattle.

PARENTS
Nowhere stated
OFFSPRING
BOUKOLION (by Laomedon) (Apollodorus 3.146)

"A Nymphe named Kalybe also bore Laomedon a son Boukolion." - Apollodorus, The Library 3.146


Sources:

  • Apollodorus, The Library - Greek Mythography C2nd BC