Agamede
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]
- 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 and sister to Methymna,[9] Mytilene, Antissa, Arisbe and Issa[10] eponyms also of the cities at Lesbos. Her brothers were Cydrolaus, Neandrus, Leucippus[11] and Eresus.[12] From Agamede, a place in Lesbos, was believed to have derived its name.[5][13] The town of Agamede had already disappeared in Pliny's day.[14][15] Ancient Agamede has been identified recently with the ancient ruins on a small hill called "Vounaros" 3 km north of ancient Pyrrha.[16]
