Agave (mythology)
Various figures in Greek Mythology
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In Greek mythology, Agave (/əˈɡeɪviː/; Ancient Greek: Ἀγαύη, romanized: Agaúē, lit. 'illustrious, noble' or 'high-born')[1] may refer to the following characters:[2]
- Agave or Agaue[3] one of the 50 Nereids, sea-nymph daughter of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.[4][5][6] Agave and her other sisters appeared to Thetis when she cries out in sympathy for the grief of Achilles for Patroclus.[7]
- Agave, one of the Danaïdes, daughter of Danaus, king of Libya and Europa, a queen. She married Lycus, son of Aegyptus and Argyphia.[8]
- Agave, daughter of Cadmus and mother of Pentheus.[9]
- Agave, an Amazon.[10]
