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AGAMEDES , in Greek
Orchomenus in Boeotia. He is always associated with his brother Trophonius as a wonderful architect, the constructor of under-ground shrines and grottos for the reception of hidden treasure. When building a treasureshouse' for Hyrieus, the brothers
wall
trap in which Agamedes was caught; Trophonius, to prevent discovery, cut off his brother's head and fled with it. He was pursued by Hyrieus, and swallowed up by the earth in the grove of Lebadeia. On this spot was the oracle of Trophonius in an underground cave; those who wished to consult it first offered the sacrifice of a ram and called upon the name of Agamedes. A similar story is toad of Rhampsinitus by Herodotus
Pindar
Plutarch ), the brothers
Pausanias ix. 37; Plutarch , Consolatio ad Apollonium, 14; Cicero, Tusc. Disp. i. 47.End of Article: AGAMEDES If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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