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]
- Agamede 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 Mulius, the first man killed in battle by Nestor during a war between Elis and Pylos.[5] Hyginus makes her the mother of 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[9] and possible sister to Methymna,[10] Mytilene,[11] Antissa,[12] Arisbe[13] and Issa[14] eponyms also of the cities at Lesbos. Her possible brothers were Cydrolaus, Neandrus, Leucippus[15] and Eresus.[16] From Agamede, a place in Lesbos, was believed to have derived its name.[5][9] The town of Agamede had already disappeared in Pliny's day.[17][18] Ancient Agamede has been identified recently with the ancient ruins on a small hill called "Vounaros" 3 km north of ancient Pyrrha.[19]
- ^ Graves, Robert (2017). The Greek Myths - The Complete and Definitive Edition. Penguin Books Limited. p. 543. ISBN 9780241983386.
- ^ Bell, Robert E. (1991). Women of Classical Mythology: A Biographical Dictionary. ABC-CLIO. p. 14. ISBN 9780874365818.
- ^ Homer, Iliad 11.740
- ^ Ogilvie, Marilyn; Harvey, Joy (2000). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives from Ancient Times to Mid-20th Century. Vol. 1. Routledge. p. 23-24. ISBN 0-415-92040-X.
agamede.
- ^ a b Schmitz, Leonhard (1870). "Agamede (1) and (2)". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. Boston. p. 57.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 157
- ^ Propertius, Elegies 2.4; Theocritus, Idylls 2.10
- ^ Dickie, Matthew (2004). Magic and Magicians in the Greco-Roman World. Routledge. p. 23. ISBN 0-415-31129-2.
- ^ a b Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Agamede (Ἀγαμήδη)
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, 5.81.6
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Mytilēnē (Μυτιλήνη)
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Antissa (Ἄντισσα)
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Arisbe (Ἀρίσβη)
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Issa
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, 5.81.8
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Eresos (Ἔρεσος)
- ^ Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 5.29
- ^ Cramer, John Anthony (1832). A Geographical and Historical Description of Asia Minor. The University Press. p. 163.
agamede.
- ^ 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_