Argynnus

In Greek mythology, Athenaeus tells a tale of how Agamemnon mourned the loss of his friend or lover Argynnus, when he drowned in the Cephisus river.[1] He buried him, honored with a tomb and a shrine to Aphrodite Argynnis.[2] This episode is also found in Clement of Alexandria,[3] in Stephen of Byzantium (Kopai and Argunnos), and in Propertius, III with minor variations.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles. "Argynnus". A Latin Dictionary. Perseus Project. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
  2. ↑ The Deipnosophists of Athenaeus of Naucratis, Book XIII Concerning Women, 80D (p. 603)
  3. ↑ Clement of Alexandria, Protrepticus II.38.2
  4. ↑ Butler, Harold Edgeworth & Barber, Eric Arthur, eds. (1933) The Elegies of Propertius. Oxford: Clarendon Press; p. 277
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