Cyamites
Cyamites or Kyamites (Ancient Greek: Κυαμίτης) from κύαμος "bean", was a hero in ancient Greek religion, worshiped locally in Athens.[1][2]
His name has been interpreted as "the god of the beans and patron of the bean market", given that a bean market (κυαμῖτις) was reported by Plutarch[3] to have been situated on the same road not far from the sanctuary.
According to Károly Kerényi, it is likely that Cyamites is another name for the god Hades.[4]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Photius, Lexicon, s. v. Kyamites
- ^ Plutarch, Lives of Ten Orators, 4
- ^ Moralia, 837c
- ^ Kerényi, Carl (September 1991). Eleusis: Archetypal Image of Mother and Daughter. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691019150.
References
[edit]- Meyer, Herbert, "Kyamites", in Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft, Band XI, Halbband 2, edited by Wilhelm Kroll, Stuttgart, J. B. Metzler, 1922. Wikisource.
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