Corèbe wire of Mygdon

See also: Corèbe

In the Greek Mythology, Corèbe or Corébos (in Greek old Κόροιβος / Kóroibos , in Latin Coroebus ), wire of the king Mygdon, is a prince Phrygie N.

Come with Troy to marry Cassandre, girl of the king Priam, it takes share with the war in spite of the warnings of its been engaged and perishes in the engagements, killed by the Greek Pénélée.

One can note that at Homère, the applicant of Cassandre is Othryonée.

According to J. Perret, Corèbe “is rather characterized in a pitiful way as that which embraces a definitely lost cause. Virgile wanted to retain only the enthusiasm of its love”.

In ''the Loves of Cassandre , Ronsard is presented under the features of Corèbe: “But well I am this foolish Corébe,/Which for you love have the heart offended” (IV, v. 9-10).

Sources

(v. 538).
(X, 27,1).
(XIII, 169).
(II, 341,386,407 and 424).

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