Aregonis

Aregonis

Aregonis

Ancient Greek mythological figure

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

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

Notes

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


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