Agamede () was a name attributed to three separate women in classical Greek mythology and legendary history.
Agamede was, according to Homer, a Greek physician acquainted with the healing powers of all the plants that grow upon the earth.Homer, Iliad 11.740 She was born in Elis, a princess as the eldest daughter of Augeas, King of the Eleans, and was married to Mulius, the first man killed in battle by Nestor during a war between Elis and Pylos. Hyginus makes her the mother of Actor, Belus and Dictys by Poseidon.Hyginus, Fabulae 157 She was called Perimede by both Propertius and Theocritus.Propertius, Elegies 2.4; Theocritus, Idylls 2.10 By the Hellenistic period (c. 4th to 1st centuries BC), Agamede had become a sorceress-figure, much like Circe or Medea. Agamede, a princess of Lesbos as the daughter of King MacarStephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Agamede (Ἀγαμήδη) and possible sister to Methymna,Diodorus Siculus, 5.81.6 Mytilene,Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Mytilēnē (Μυτιλήνη) Antissa,Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Antissa (Ἄντισσα) ArisbeStephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Arisbe (Ἀρίσβη) and IssaStephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Issa eponyms also of the cities at Lesbos. Her possible brothers were Cydrolaus, Neandrus, LeucippusDiodorus Siculus, 5.81.8 and Eresus.Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Eresos (Ἔρεσος) From Agamede, a place in Lesbos, was believed to have derived its name. The town of Agamede had already disappeared in Pliny's day.Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 5.29 Ancient Agamede has been identified recently with the ancient ruins on a small hill called "Vounaros" 3 km north of ancient Pyrrha.Harissis H.V et al. article in Greek in Lesviaka, 19;195-212, Mytilene 2002. https://www.academia.edu/1937262/The_discovery_of_ancient_Agamede_near_Pyrrha_on_Lesbos_island_in_Greek_ Agamede, a princess of Troy as a daughter of Anchises. She was sister to Aeneas.Tzetzes, Homerica 436
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