Agamede

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

Agamede /ˌæɡəˈmiːdi/ (Ancient Greek: Ἀγαμήδη, meaning "very cunning"^[1]) was a name attributed to two separate women in classical Greek mythology and legendary history.^[2]

The hill Vounaros was the location of ancient Agamede

• 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, Belus 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]