Aganippe (naiad)

In Greek mythology, Aganippe (/æɡəˈnɪpi/; Ancient Greek: Ἀγανίππη) was the name of both a spring and the Naiad (a Crinaea) associated with it.[1] The spring is in Boeotia, near Thespiae, at the base of Mount Helicon,[2] and was associated with the Muses who were sometimes called Aganippides. Drinking from her well, it was considered to be a source of poetic inspiration. The nymph is called a daughter of the river-god Permessus (called Termessus by Pausanias).[3][4] Ovid associates Aganippe with Hippocrene.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ Bell, Robert E. (1991). Women of Classical Mythology: A Biographical Dictionary. ABC-CLIO. p. 14. ISBN 9780874365818.
  2. ^ Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 4.12.1
  3. ^ Smith, "Aganippe" 1.; Pausanias, 9.29.5; Virgil. Eclogues 10.12
  4. ^ Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 14. ISBN 9780786471119.
  5. ^ Ovid, Fasti 5.7

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSmith, William, ed. (1870). "Aganippe 1". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.