Agamede

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For the town of ancient Lesbos, see Agamede (Lesbos).

Agamede /ˌæɡəˈmiːdi/ (Ancient Greek: Ἀγαμήδη means ‘very cunning’[1]) was a name attributed to two separate women in classical Greek mythology and legendary history.[2]

The hill Vounaros was the location of ancient Agamede
  • Agamede (c. twelfth century BC) was, according to Homer, a Greek physician acquainted with the healing powers of all the plants that grow upon the earth.[3] She was born in Elis, a princess as the eldest daughter of Augeas, King of the Epeans,[4] and was married to , the first man killed in battle by Nestor during a war between Elis and Pylos.[5] Hyginus makes her the mother of Belus, Actor, and Dictys, by Poseidon.[6] She was called Perimede by both Propertius and Theocritus.[7] By the Hellenistic period (c. 4th to 1st centuries BC), Agamede had become a sorceress-figure, much like Circe or Medea.[8]
  • Agamede, a princess of Lesbos as the daughter of King Macar and sister to ,[9] Mytilene, Antissa, Arisbe and Issa[10] eponyms also of the cities at Lesbos. Her brothers were , , Leucippus[11] and .[12] From Agamede, a place in Lesbos, was believed to have derived its name.[5][13] The town of Agamede had already disappeared in Pliny's day.[14][15] Ancient Agamede has been identified recently with the ancient ruins on a small hill called "Vounaros" 3 km north of ancient Pyrrha.[16]

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  1. ^ Graves, Robert (2017). The Greek Myths - The Complete and Definitive Edition. Penguin Books Limited. p. 543. ISBN 9780241983386.
  2. ^ Bell, Robert E. (1991). Women of Classical Mythology: A Biographical Dictionary. ABC-CLIO. p. 14. ISBN 9780874365818.
  3. ^ Homer, Iliad 11.740
  4. ^ Ogilvie, Marilyn; Harvey, Joy (2000). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives from Ancient Times to Mid-20th Century. 1. Routledge. p. 23-24. ISBN 0-415-92040-X. agamede.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Schmitz, Leonhard (1870). "Agamede (1) and (2)". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 1. Boston. p. 57.
  6. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 157
  7. ^ Propertius, Elegies 2.4; Theocritus, Idylls 2.10
  8. ^ Dickie, Matthew (2004). Magic and Magicians in the Greco-Roman World. Routledge. p. 23. ISBN 0-415-31129-2.
  9. ^ Diodorus, 5.81
  10. ^ Stephanus, s.v. Mytilene; Antissa; Arisbe & Issa
  11. ^ Diodorus, 5.81.8
  12. ^ Stephanus, s.v. Eresos
  13. ^ Stephanus, s.v. Ἀγαμήδη
  14. ^ Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 5.29
  15. ^ Cramer, John Anthony (1832). A Geographical and Historical Description of Asia Minor. The University Press. p. 163. agamede.
  16. ^ Harissis H.V et al. article in Greek in Lesviaka, 19;195-212, Mytilene 2002. https://www.academia.edu/1937262/The_discovery_of_ancient_Agamede_near_Pyrrha_on_Lesbos_island_in_Greek_

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 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Agemede (1), (2)". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.

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