Perimede (mythology)

In Greek mythology, the name Perimede (Περιμήδη) refers to:

• Perimede, a daughter of Oeneus, mother of Astypalaea and Europe by Phoenix (son of Agenor).^[1]
• Perimede, sister of Amphitryon and wife of Licymnius.^[2]
• Perimede, daughter of Aeolus and Enarete, mother of Hippodamas and Orestes by the river god Achelous.^[3] Another source calls her a consort of Phoroneus.^[4]
• Perimede, a witch, expert in herbs and poisons, described as "fair-haired".^[5][6] See Agamede.^[7]
• Perimede, the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra better known as Iphigenia.^[8]
• Perimede, the daughter of Alcaeus and granddaughter of Perseus and Andromeda. Wife of Licymnius.

References

1. Pausanias, Description of Greece, 7. 4. 1
2. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2. 4. 6
3. Hesiod, Catalogue of Women fr. 10(a); Bibliotheca 1. 7. 3
4. Scholia on Pindar, Olympian Ode 3. 28
5. Theocritus, Idylls 2. 16
6. Propertius, Elegies, 2. 4. 8
7. According to scholia on Theocritus 2. 16, they were one and the same person.
8. Hesiod, Catalogue of Women fr. 23(a).