Agamede
Several figures in Greek mythology
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Agamede /ˌæɡəˈmiːdi/ (Ancient Greek: Ἀγαμήδη) was a name attributed to two separate women in classical Greek mythology and legendary history.[1]
- Agamede was, according to Homer, a Greek physician acquainted with the healing powers of all the plants that grow upon the earth.[2] She was born in Elis, a princess as the eldest daughter of Augeas, King of the Eleans,[3] and was married to Mulius, the first man killed in battle by Nestor during a war between Elis and Pylos.[4] Hyginus makes her the mother of Actor, Belus and Dictys by Poseidon.[5] She was called Perimede by both Propertius and Theocritus.[6] By the Hellenistic period (c. 4th to 1st centuries BC), Agamede had become a sorceress-figure, much like Circe or Medea.[7]
- Agamede, a princess of Lesbos as the daughter of King Macar[8] and possible sister to Methymna,[9] Mytilene,[10] Antissa,[11] Arisbe[12] and Issa[13] eponyms also of the cities at Lesbos. Her possible brothers were Cydrolaus, Neandrus, Leucippus[14] and Eresus.[15] From Agamede, a place in Lesbos, was believed to have derived its name.[4][8] The town of Agamede had already disappeared in Pliny's day.[16][17] Ancient Agamede has been identified recently with the ancient ruins on a small hill called "Vounaros" 3 km north of ancient Pyrrha.[18]
