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In Greek mythology, Agave (/əˈɡeɪviː/; Ancient Greek: Ἀγαύη, romanized: Agaúē, lit. 'illustrious, noble' or 'high-born')[1] may refer to the following characters:[2]
- Agave or Agaue[3] one of the 50 Nereids, sea-nymph daughter of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.[4][5][6] Agave and her other sisters appeared to Thetis when she cries out in sympathy for the grief of Achilles for Patroclus.[7]
- Agave, one of the Danaïdes, daughter of Danaus, king of Libya and Europa, a queen. She married Lycus, son of Aegyptus and Argyphia.[8]
- Agave, daughter of Cadmus and mother of Pentheus.[9]
- Agave, an Amazon.[10]
- ^ Graves, Robert (2017). The Greek Myths - The Complete and Definitive Edition. Penguin Books Limited. pp. Index s.v. Agave. ISBN 9780241983386.
- ^ Bell, Robert E. (1991). Women of Classical Mythology: A Biographical Dictionary. ABC-CLIO. pp. 14–15. ISBN 9780874365818.
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae Preface (Latin ed. Micyllus; Bunte; Schimdt)
- ^ Homer, Iliad 18.35; Hesiod, Theogony 240; Apollodorus, 1.2.7
- ^ Kerényi, Carl (1951). The Gods of the Greeks. London: Thames and Hudson. p. 64.
- ^ Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 15. ISBN 9780786471119.
- ^ Homer, Iliad 18.39-51
- ^ Apollodorus, 2.1.5
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.4.2
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 163 Archived 2014-11-05 at the Wayback Machine