Agave

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Ăgāvē or Ăgauē, ēs, f., = Ἀγαύη.

I A daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia , wife of Echion , king of Thebes , who tore in pieces with her own hands her son Pentheus , because he cast contempt upon the orgies of Bacchus , Ov. M. 3, 725; Hyg. Fab. 184 and 240.—

II One of the Nereids , Hyg. praef. ad Fab.—

III One of the Amazons , Hyg. Fab. 163.

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