Agamede

A daughter of Augeas and wife of Mulius, who, according to Homer,1 was acquainted with the healing powers of all the plants that grow upon the earth. Hyginus2 makes her the mother of Belus, Actor, and Dictys, by Poseidon.

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References

Notes

  1. Iliad xi, 739.
  2. Fabulae, 157.

Source

  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.

This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain.