Agave (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Agave (/ˈæɡəvi/; Ancient Greek: Ἀγαύη, Agauē, "illustrious") may refer to the following characters:

Agave, one of the Nereids.^[1]
Agave, one of the Danaids, daughter of Danaus, king of Libya and Europa, a queen. She married Lycus, son of Aegyptus and Argyphia.^[2]
Agave, daughter of Cadmus.^[3]
Agave, an Amazon.^[4]

Notes

↑ Apollodorus, 1.2.7; Homer, Iliad 18.35; Hesiod, Theogony 240; Hyginus, Fabulae Preface.
↑ Apollodorus, 2.1.5.
↑ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.4.2.
↑ Hyginus, Fabulae 163.

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