Perimede (mythology)

In Greek mythology, the name Perimede (/ˌpɛrɪˈmiːdi/; Ancient Greek: Περιμήδη "very cunning" or "cunning all round", derived from peri "round" and medea, "cunning" or "craft') refers to:

• Perimede, wife of Phoroneus, king of Argos and possible mother of his children.[1]
• Perimede, daughter of Aeolus and Enarete, mother of Hippodamas and Orestes by the river god Achelous.[2][3]
• Perimede, daughter of Oeneus, mother of Astypalaea and Europe by Phoenix (son of Agenor).[4]
• Perimede, other name for Polymede, mother of Jason by Aeson.[5]
• Perimede, daughter of Alcaeus and granddaughter of Perseus and Andromeda. Her mother was named either Astydameia, the daughter of Pelops and Hippodamia, or Laonome, daughter of Guneus, or else Hipponome, daughter of Menoeceus.[6] Perimede was the sister of Amphitryon and Anaxo, and wife of Licymnius[7] by whom she became the mother of Melas, Argius[8] and Oeonus.[9][10][11]
• Perimede, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra better known as Iphigenia.[12]
• Perimede, a witch, expert in herbs and poisons, described as "fair-haired".[13][14] See Agamede.[15]

Notes

1. Scholia on Pindar, Olympian Ode 3. 28
2. Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 10(a)
3. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1.7.3
4. Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 7.4.1
5. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 1.9.27: footnote 2 by Sir James George Frazer
6. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2.4.5
7. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2.4.6
8. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2.7.7
9. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2.7.3
10. Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 3.15.4
11. Pindar. Olympian Odes 10.65 ff
12. Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 23(a)
13. Theocritus, Idylls 2.16
14. Propertius, Elegies 2.4.8
15. According to scholia on Theocritus 2. 16, they were one and the same person.

References

• Hesiod, Catalogue of Women from Homeric Hymns, Epic Cycle, Homerica translated by Evelyn-White, H G. Loeb Classical Library Volume 57. London: William Heinemann, 1914. Online version at theio.com
• Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
• Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Pindar, Odes translated by Diane Arnson Svarlien. 1990. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Pindar, The Odes of Pindar including the Principal Fragments with an Introduction and an English Translation by Sir John Sandys, Litt.D., FBA. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1937. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Pseudo-Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Sextus Propertius, Elegies from Charm. Vincent Katz. trans. Los Angeles. Sun & Moon Press. 1995. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Latin text available at the same website.
• Theocritus, Idylls from The Greek Bucolic Poets translated by Edmonds, J M. Loeb Classical Library Volume 28. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. 1912. Online version at theoi.com
• Theocritus, Idylls edited by R. J. Cholmeley, M.A. London. George Bell & Sons. 1901. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.