Thebe

Thebe (Θήβη) is a feminine name mentioned several times in Greek mythology, in accounts that imply multiple female characters, four of whom are said to have had three cities named Thebes after them:

  • Thebe, daughter of Asopus and Metope, who became wife of Zethus, and gave her name to Boeotian Thebes. She is also said to have consorted with Zeus.
  • Thebe, daughter of Zeus and Iodame, given in marriage to Ogygus.
  • Thebe, daughter of Prometheus and also a possible eponym of the Boeotian Thebes.
  • Thebe, daughter of Cilix and wife of Corybas (son of Cybele).
  • Thebe, eponym of Thebes, Egypt. She was the daughter of either Nilus, Epaphus, Proteus, or Libys; rare versions of the myth make her a consort of Zeus and mother of Aegyptus or Heracles.
  • Thebe, daughter of the Pelasgian Adramys, the eponym of Adramyttium, or of the river god Granicus. She married Heracles, who named Hypoplacian Thebes after her.
  • Thebe, daughter of Zeus and Megacleite, sister of Locrus.