A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

or AGLAONI'CE (Ἀγανίκη or Ἀγλαονίκη), daughter of Hegetor, a Thessalian, who by her knowledge of Astronomy could foretell when the moon would disappear, and imposed upon credulous women, by saying that she could draw down the moon. (Plut. de Off. Conjug. p. 145, de Defect. Orac. p. 417.)

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