InGreek mythology,Combe (Ancient Greek:Κόμβη) was a daughter of the river godAsopus.
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Combe was equated withChalcis, another of Asopus' many daughters, and associated with the islandEuboea: the cityChalcis was reported to have been named after "Combe, who was also called Chalcis".[1] Combe was said to have been dubbed Chalcis because she made bronze weapons (χαλκόνchalcon being the Greek word for "bronze"); the mythological tradition also makes her the first woman to cohabit with a man, and mother of one hundred children.[2]
InNonnus'Dionysiaca, Combe is the consort of the EuboeanSocus and mother by him of the sevenCorybantes. She and her sons get expelled from the island by Socus and move first toKnossos and then toAthens. The Corybantes return to Euboea after KingCecrops, their host in Athens, kills Socus, but Combe's individual further destiny is not dealt with.[3]Hesychius of Alexandria indicates Combe as "mother of the Curetes",[4] these being barely distinct from the Corybantes.
Ovid briefly mentions a certain Combe ofPleuron, surnamedOphias ("daughter or descendant of an Ophius"?), who "on fluttering wings escaped the wounds that were being inflicted by [or on?] her sons",[5] that is, was apparently changed into a bird to escape a danger. Since the myth is otherwise unknown, it remains uncertain whether this Combe is the same character or a different one.
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