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Aganippe

Aganippe · f

A fountain in Bœotia

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What it meant

ăgănippē — Lewis & Short

ăgănippē, ēs, f., = *)agani/pph.

I A fountain in Bœotia, on Mount Helicon, sacred to the Muses, and giving poetical inspiration: Aonie Aganippe, Verg. E. 10, 12; Claud. Ep. ad Ser. 61.—Hence,
1 ăgă-nippēus, a, um, adj., = *)agani/ppeios, of or pertaining to the fountain of Aganippe: lyra, i. e. Musarum, Prop. 2, 3, 20; Claud. Laud. Ser. 8.—
2 * ăgănippis, ĭdis, f., that is sacred to the Muses: fontes Aganippidos Hippocrenes, Ov. F. 5, 7.—
II The wife of Acrisius and mother of Danaë, Hyg. Fab. 63.

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