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Ancient Greek mythological epithet
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Argennis (Ancient Greek: Ἀργεννίς) was an epithet of the Greek goddess Aphrodite, which was derived from Argennus (sometimes Anglicized as "Argynnos"), a son of Peisidice.

Argennus was lusted after by the ancient king Agamemnon, and pursued by him. In order to escape, Argennus hurled himself to his death in the river Cephissus, after which Agamemnon built a sanctuary of Aphrodite Argennis to honor him.

Notes

  1. Bell, Robert E. (1993). "Argennis". Women of Classical Mythology: A Biographical Dictionary. Oxford University Press. p. 63. ISBN 9780195079777. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  2. Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnicas. v. Ἀργεννίς
  3. Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 13.608

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSchmitz, Leonhard (1870). "Argennis". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 280.


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