Perimede (mythology)
In Greek mythology, the name Perimede (Περιμήδη "very cunning" or "cunning all round", derived from peri "round" and medea, "cunning" or "craft') refers to:
- Perimede, daughter of Aeolus and Enarete, mother of Hippodamas and Orestes by the river god Achelous.[1] Another source calls her a consort of Phoroneus.[2]
- Perimede, a daughter of Oeneus, mother of Astypalaea and Europe by Phoenix (son of Agenor).[3]
- Perimede, a witch, expert in herbs and poisons, described as "fair-haired".[4][5] See Agamede.[6]
- Perimede, the daughter of Alcaeus and granddaughter of Perseus and Andromeda. She was the sister of Amphitryon and wife of Licymnius.[7]
- Perimede, the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra better known as Iphigenia.[8]
- Perimede, wife of Phoroneus, king of Argos and possible mother of his children.[9]
References
- ↑ Hesiod, Catalogue of Women fr. 10(a); Bibliotheca 1. 7. 3
- ↑ Scholia on Pindar, Olympian Ode 3. 28
- ↑ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 7. 4. 1
- ↑ Theocritus, Idylls 2. 16
- ↑ Propertius, Elegies, 2. 4. 8
- ↑ According to scholia on Theocritus 2. 16, they were one and the same person.
- ↑ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2. 4. 6
- ↑ Hesiod, Catalogue of Women fr. 23(a).
- ↑ Scholia on Pindar, Olympian Ode 3. 28
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