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Aganippe (Greek
Greek language

Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
: ) was a name or epithet of three figures in Greek mythology
Greek mythology

Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the Ancient Greece concerning their List of Greek mythological figures#Immortals and Greek hero cult, Cosmology#Metaphysical cosmology, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices....
 and a genus of spiders.
















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Aganippe (Greek
Greek language

Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
: ) was a name or epithet of three figures in Greek mythology
Greek mythology

Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the Ancient Greece concerning their List of Greek mythological figures#Immortals and Greek hero cult, Cosmology#Metaphysical cosmology, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices....
 and a genus of spiders.

  • Aganippe was the name of both a fountain and the naiad
    Naiad

    In Greek mythology, the Naiads or Naiades were a type of nymph who presided over fountains, wells, springs, streams, and brooks.They are distinct from river gods, who embodied rivers, and the very ancient spirits that inhabited the still waters of marshes, ponds and lagoon-lakes, such as pre-Mycenaean Lerna in the Argolid....
     (a Crinaea
    Crinaeae

    In Greek mythology, the Crinaeae were a type of nymph associated with fountains.The Crinaeae included:# Aganippe# Appias ...
    ) associated with it. Aganippe was the daughter of Ternessus
    Ternessus

    Ternessus was the loving father of Aganippe in Greek mythology....
    . The well is in Boeotia
    Boeotia

    Boeotia, Beotia, or B?otia , formerly Cadmeis, was a region of ancient Greece, north of the eastern part of the Gulf of Corinth. It was bounded on the south by Megaris and the Kithairon mountain range that forms a natural barrier with Attica, on the north by Opuntian Locris and the Euripus Strait at the Gulf of Euboea, and on the...
    , near Thespiae
    Thespiae

    Thespiae was an ancient Greece polis in Boeotia. It stood on level ground commanded by the low range of hills which runs eastward from the foot of Mount Helicon to Thebes, Greece....
    , at the base of Mount Helicon. It was created by the hooves of Pegasus
    Pegasus

    In Greek mythology, Pegasus was a winged horse sired by Poseidon, in his role as horse-god, and foaled by the Gorgon Medusa....
     and was associated with the Muses as a source of poetic inspiration. The nymph is called a daughter of the river-god Permessus. The Muses are sometimes called Aganippicles.


  • Another Aganippe was the wife of Acrisius
    Acrisius

    Acrisius was a Greek mythology king of Argos, and a son of Abas, son of Lynceus and Aglaea , grandson of Lynceus, great-grandson of Danaus. His twin brother was Proetus, with whom he is said to have quarreled even in the womb of his mother....
    , and according to some accounts the mother of Danaë
    Danaë

    File:Danae gold shower Louvre CA925.jpgIn Greek mythology, Dana? was a daughter of King Acrisius of Argos and Eurydice of Argos . She was the mother of Perseus by Zeus....
    , although the latter is more commonly called a daughter of Eurydice
    Eurydice

    In Greek mythology, Eurydice was an oak nymph or a sweet maiden. She was the wife of Orpheus. Orpheus loved her dearly; on their wedding day, Orpheus played songs filled with happiness as his bride danced through the meadow....
    .


  • Son of the king Egypt. And Leukippês (or Leucippe
    Leucippe

    In Greek mythology, Leucippe is the name of the following individuals:*One of the Minyades, three sisters who were driven by Dionysus to kill Hippasus , the son of Leucippe...
    ) who was Euênôr (or Evenor) spouse and Efesto's granddaughter and Kleitós mother.


  • Aganippis is a name used by Ovid
    Ovid

    Publius Ovidius Naso was a Roman Empire poet known as Ovid to the English language-speaking world, who wrote about love, seduction, and Roman mythology transformation....
     as an epithet of Hippocrene
    Hippocrene

    In Greek mythology, Hippocrene was the name of a fountain on Mount Helicon. It was sacred to the Muses and was formed by the hooves of Pegasus....
    ; its meaning however is not quite clear. It is derived from Agnippe, the well or nymph, and as "Aganippides" is used to designate the Muses, Aganippis Hippocrene may mean nothing than "Hippocrene, sacred to the Muses."


Spider genus

  • Aganippe is also the name of a spider genus in the family Idiopidae
    Idiopidae

    Idiopidae...
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