proper noun
Alphĕsĭboea
Meaning
- daughter of the Arcadian king Phegeus
Alphĕsĭboea, ae, f., = Ἀλφεσιβοια,
I. daughter of the Arcadian king Phegeus, and wife of Alcmœon, who afterwards left her and married Callirrhoē. When her broth ers slew him on this account, she, from anger at the murder, killed them, Prop. 1, 15, 19.