In
Greek mythology
Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the Ancient Greece, ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology into the broader designation of classical mythology. These stories conc ...
, Agnete or Hagnete (
Ancient Greek
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: Άγνήτης) was one of the supposed mothers of
Meges
In Greek mythology, Mégês Phyleïdês (Ancient Greek: Μέγης Φυλεΐδης) was the commander of Epeans and/or Dulichians during the Trojan War.
Family
Meges was the son of King Phyleus of Dulichium and his mother's name is vario ...
, one of the
Achaean Leaders
In Greek mythology, the Achaean Leaders were those who led the expedition to Troy to retrieve the abducted Helen, wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta. Most of the leaders were bound by the Oath of Tyndareus who made the Suitors of Helen swear that t ...
, by King
Phyleus
In Greek mythology, Phyleus (; Ancient Greek: Φυλεύς probably derived from φυλή ''phylē'' "tribe, clan, race, people") was an Elean prince and one of the Calydonian boar hunters.
Family
Phyleus was the elder son of King Augeas of El ...
of
Dulichium
Dulichium ( ''Doulíkhion''),Hom. Il2.625/ref> also called Dolicha (Δολίχα ''Dolíkhā'') or Doliche (Δολίχη ''Dolíkhē''), was a place noted by numerous ancient writers that was either a city on, or an island off, the Ionian Sea c ...
, the son of King
Augeas
In Greek mythology, Augeas (or Augeias, , ), whose name means "bright", was king of Elis and father of Epicaste. Some ancient authors say that Augeas was one of the Argonauts. He is known for his stables, which housed the single greatest number ...
of
Elis
Elis also known as Ellis or Ilia (, ''Eleia'') is a historic region in the western part of the Peloponnese peninsula of Greece. It is administered as a regional unit of the modern region of Western Greece. Its capital is Pyrgos. Until 2011 it ...
. Otherwise, she was called either
Ctemene,
Ctesimache In Greek mythology, Ctesimache (Ancient Greek: Κτησιμάχης ''Ktesimache'') was one of the possible mothers of Meges, one of the Achaean Leaders, by King Phyleus of Dulichium,Tzetzes, ''Homeric Allegories'' Prologue 577 the son of King Augea ...
,
[Tzetzes, ''Homeric Allegories'' Prologue 577] Eustyoche In Greek mythology, Eustyoche was one of the reputed mothers of Meges, one of the Achaean Leaders, by King Phyleus of Dulichium, the son of King Augeas of Elis. Otherwise, she was called either Ctimene, Ctesimache,Tzetzes, ''Homeric Allegories'' Pro ...
or
Timandra.
[Eustathius ad Homer, ''Iliad']
p. 305.17
Scholia
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ad Euripides
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, ''Orestes
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249
= Hesiod
Hesiod ( or ; ''Hēsíodos''; ) was an ancient Greece, Greek poet generally thought to have been active between 750 and 650 BC, around the same time as Homer.M. L. West, ''Hesiod: Theogony'', Oxford University Press (1966), p. 40.Jasper Gr ...
, '' Ehoiai'' fr. 176 (no. 46 in the Loeb
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edition, 1914) Hagnete might be the mother of Phyleus’ daughter
Eurydameia In Greek mythology, Eurydameia (Ancient Greek: Εὐρυδάμειαν) was the daughter of King Phyleus of Dulichium, son of King Augeas of Elis.
Mythology
Eurydameia was the mother of the seer Polyidus’ children: Euchenor and Cleitus, Pher ...
who begot
Euchenor
In Greek mythology, the name Euchenor (Ancient Greek: Εὐχήνωρ, gen.: Εὐχήνορος) may refer to:
*Euchenor, an Egyptian prince as one of the sons of King Aegyptus.Apollodorus, 2.1.5 He suffered the same fate as his other brothers, ...
and
Cleitus by the seer
Polyeidus.
[ Pherecydes in ]Scholia
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ad Homer
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, ''Iliad
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References
Queens in Greek mythology
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