In
Greek mythology, Aganippe (/ægə'nɪpiː/;
Ancient Greek: Ἀγανίππη means 'mare who kills mercifully'[1]) was the name of both a spring and the
Naiad (a
Crinaea) associated with it.[2] The spring is in
Boeotia, near
Thespiae, at the base of
Mount Helicon,[3] 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).[4][5]Ovid associates Aganippe with
Hippocrene.[6]
Notes
^Graves, Robert (2017). The Greek Myths - The Complete and Definitive Edition. Penguin Books Limited. pp. Index s.v. Aganippe.
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^Bell, Robert E. (1991). Women of Classical Mythology: A Biographical Dictionary. ABC-CLIO. p. 14.
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