Ăgănippē

I. A fountain in Bœotia, on Mount Helicon, sacred to the Muses, and giving poetical inspiration: Aonie Aganippe, Verg. E. 10, 12; Claud. Ep. ad Ser. 61.—Hence,

1. ăgă-nippēus, a, um, adj., = Ἀγανίππειος, of or pertaining to the fountain of Aganippe: lyra, i. e. Musarum, Prop. 2, 3, 20; Claud. Laud. Ser. 8.—

2. * ăgănippis, ĭdis, f., that is sacred to the Muses: fontes Aganippidos Hippocrenes, Ov. F. 5, 7.—

II. The wife of Acrisius and mother of Danaë, Hyg. Fab. 63.