Stilbe

Stilbe in Greek mythology was 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.Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, 4. 69. 1Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 1 40. In another version of the myth, Centaurus was instead the son of Ixion and Nephele.Hyginus, Fabulae, 62 Aineus, father of Cyzicus, was also said to have been a son of Apollo and Stilbe.Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 1. 948 By Cychreus she became mother of the nymph Chariclo, wife of Chiron.
A different Stilbe was a daughter of Eosphoros and a possible mother of Autolycus by Hermes,Scholia on Homer, Iliad, 10. 266 and of Callisto by Ceteus.Scholia on Euripides, Orestes, 1646
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== Sources ==
* M. Grant and J. Hazel, Who's Who in Greek Mythology, David McKay & Co Inc, 1979
Category:Greek Mythology