Agamede (daughter of Augeias)

Agamede ( ancient Greek Ἀγαμήδη ) is the daughter of Augeias in Greek mythology .

In Homer it is called the eldest daughter of Augeias. She is the wife of the young Nestor in the war between Epeiern and Pylos , Nestor's home, killed Mulios - an event that before the Trojan War took place. She had blonde hair and was familiar with all medicinal herbs, which is why Eustathios of Thessalonica regards her as a second Medea . In Hyginus Mythographus , she is the mother of Neptunus' three sons of Belos (possibly Beleus , son of Poseidon is meant), actor and dictys .

Theokritos names the magical Medeia and Kirke as well as a blonde Perimede , who is probably identical with Agamede.

literature

• Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher: Agamede 1 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 89 ( digitized version ).
• Otto Kern : Agamede 2 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, Col. 719.

Remarks

1. ↑ Homer, Iliad 11,739-741 .
2. ↑ Eustathios of Thessalonike, Commentary on Dionysius of Alexandria 322.
3. ^ Hyginus Mythographus, Fabulae 157 .
4. ↑ Theokritus, Eidyllion 2,16 .