'''イアムベー'''(Ἰάμβη, Iambē)は、ギリシア神話の女性である。トラキアの出身で、牧神[[パーン]]と[[エーコー]]の娘<ref>『大語源辞典(Etymologicum Magnum)』。</ref><ref>高津春繁『ギリシア・ローマ神話辞典』p.46b。</ref><ref>Pierre Grimal 1986, p.224.</ref>。[[エレウシース]]の王家に仕える老女で<ref name=AP>アポロドーロス、1巻5・1。</ref>、娘[[コレー]]を失った[[デーメーテール]]女神を笑顔にさせたと伝えられている<ref name=AP /><ref>「デーメーテール讃歌」202行-204行。</ref>。'''イアンベー'''、長母音を省略して'''イアムベ'''、'''イアンベ'''とも表記される。
'''イアムベー'''(古代ギリシャ語:Ἰάμβηは「談笑」の意)は、ギリシア神話ではトラキアの女性で、[[パーン]]と[[エーコー]]の娘、ヘルメースの孫娘、ヒッポトオーンの妻メタネイラの召使であったという。の娘、ヘルメースの孫娘、ヒッポトオーンの妻メタネイラの召使であったという。また、エレウーシスの王、ケレオスの奴隷という説もある。
'''Iambe''' ([[Ancient Greek]]: Ἰάμβη means 'banter'), in [[Greek mythology]], was a [[Thracian]] woman, daughter of [[Pan (god)|Pan]] and [[Echo (mythology)|Echo]], granddaughter of [[Hermes]], and a servant of [[Metaneira]], the wife of [[Hippothoon]]. Others call her a slave of [[Celeus]], king of [[Eleusis]]. == Mythology 神話 ==
The extravagant hilarity displayed at the festivals of Demeter in Attica was traced to her, for it is said that when [[Demeter]], in her wanderings in search of her daughter, arrived in Attica, Iambe cheered the mournful goddess with her jokes.<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], 1.5.1; [[Diodorus Siculus]], 5.4; [[Photios I of Constantinople|Photius]], ''[[Bibliotheca (Photius)|Bibliotheca]]'' Codices 239. p. 319, ed. Bekker; [[Scholia]] on [[Nicander]], ''Alexipharmaca'' 134</ref><blockquote>Till '''Iambe''', who was knowing and careful, placed for her<br>A fixed seat, and draped a bright-shining fleece over it.<br>There she sat down, and held a veil in front of her.<br>For a long time she sat on the couch without speaking, sorrowing,<br>Nor did she embrace anyone in word or deed,<br><br>But without laughing and not tasting food or drink<br>She sat wasting away in longing for her deep-girdled daughter,<br>Till '''Iambe''', who was knowing and careful, with jests<br>Made many jokes and turned the mood of the divine lady,<br>By smiling and laughing, and keeping her heart gracious:<br>So she pleased the goddess afterwards with her kindly temperament.<ref>''[[Homeric Hymns|Homeric Hymn]] to [[Demeter]]'' 195-205</ref></blockquote>Iambe was believed to have given the name to [[Iambus (genre)|iambic poetry]], for some said that she hanged herself in consequence of the cutting speeches in which she had indulged, and others that she had cheered Demeter by a dance in the Iambic metre.<ref>[[Eustathius of Thessalonica|Eustathius]] on [[Homer]], p. 1684</ref>
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*[[Echo (mythology)|The Lay of Narcissus]]
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