Agamede
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For the town of ancient Lesbos, see Agamede (Lesbos).
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]
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- 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]