Cyamites

Cyamites or Kyamites (Ancient Greek: Κυαμίτης) from κύαμος "bean", was a hero in ancient Greek religion, worshiped locally in Athens.^[1]^[2]

His name has been interpreted^{[by whom?]} as "the god of the beans and patron of the bean market", given that a bean market (κυαμῖτις) was reported by Plutarch^[3] to have been situated on the same road not far from the sanctuary.

Kyamites was probably a name for Hadês.^[4]

Notes[]

^ Photius, Lexicon, s. v. Kyamites
^ Plutarch, Lives of Ten Orators, 4
^ Moralia, 837c
^ "Eleusis: Archetypal Image of Mother and Daughter". Karl Kerényi, Princeton University Publishing.

References[]

Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft, Band XI, Halbband 22, Komogrammateus-Kynegoi (1922), s. 2233 (German)

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[1] Photius, Lexicon, s. v. Kyamites

[2] Plutarch, Lives of Ten Orators, 4

[3] Moralia, 837c

[4] "Eleusis: Archetypal Image of Mother and Daughter". Karl Kerényi, Princeton University Publishing.

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