Cyamites or Kyamites ( grc, Κυαμίτης) from κύαμος "bean", was a

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in ancient Greek religion, worshiped locally in

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. His name has been interpreted as "the god of the beans and patron of the bean market", given that a bean market (κυαμῖτις) was reported by

Plutarch Plutarch (; grc-gre, Πλούταρχος, ''Ploútarchos''; ; – after AD 119) was a Greek Middle Platonist philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi. He is known primarily for hi ...

to have been situated on the same road not far from the

sanctuary A sanctuary, in its original meaning, is a sacred place, such as a shrine. By the use of such places as a haven, by extension the term has come to be used for any place of safety. This secondary use can be categorized into human sanctuary, a sa ...

. Kyamites was probably a name for Hadês.

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References

* '' Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft'', Band XI, Halbband 22, Komogrammateus-Kynegoi (1922), s. 2233 (German) Demigods in classical mythology Religion in ancient Athens {{Greek-myth-stub