Cyamites
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'''Cyamites''' or '''Kyamites''' ({{langx|grc|Κυαμίτης}}) from κύαμος "bean", was a [[Greek hero cult|hero]] in [[ancient Greek religion]], worshiped locally in [[Athens, Greece|Athens]].[[Photius]], ''Lexicon'', s. v. ''Kyamites''[[Plutarch]], ''Lives of Ten Orators'', 4 |
'''Cyamites''' or '''Kyamites''' ({{langx|grc|Κυαμίτης}}) from κύαμος "bean", was a [[Greek hero cult|hero]] in [[ancient Greek religion]], worshiped locally in [[Athens, Greece|Athens]].[[Photius]], ''Lexicon'', s. v. ''Kyamites''[[Plutarch]], ''Lives of Ten Orators'', 4 |
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His name has been interpreted as "the god of the beans and patron of the bean market", given that a bean market (κυαμῖτις) was reported by [[Plutarch]]''[[Moralia]]'', 837c to have been situated on the same road not far from the [[Heroon|sanctuary]] |
His name has been interpreted as "the god of the beans and patron of the bean market", given that a bean market (κυαμῖτις) was reported by [[Plutarch]]''[[Moralia]]'', 837c to have been situated on the same road not far from the [[Heroon|sanctuary]]. |
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