Aganice

A daughter of Hegetor, a Thessalian, who by her knowledge of astronomy could foretell when the moon would disappear, and imposed upon credulous women, by saying that she could draw down the moon. She is also called Agloanice (Ἀγλαονίκη).

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References

Sources

  • Plutarch. Conjugalia Praecepta, p. 145.
  • Plutarch. De Defectu Oraculorum, p. 417.
  • 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.