Aregonis

Summary

Aregonis (Ancient Greek: Ἀρηγονίς) is a character in Greek mythology. According to the Argonautica Orphica, she was the wife of the seer Ampyx, himself a descendant (per some sources) of Ares, and mother of Mopsus, another seer. According to the fabulist Gaius Julius Hyginus, she was called "Chloris".[1]

In certain telegraph codes, "Aregonis" signified "powerful".[2]

Notes edit

  1. ^ Argonautica Orphica 127; Hyginus, Fabulae 14
  2. ^ Hawke, William H. (1897). The Premier Cypher Telegraphic Code. Effingham Wilson. p. 145. Retrieved 2017-12-01.

Notes edit

  • Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
  • The Orphic Argonautica, translated by Jason Colavito. © Copyright 2011. Online version at the Topos Text Project.

  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSchmitz, Leonhard (1870). "Aregonis". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 275.