{{Short description|Epithet of Aphrodite}} {{Orphan|date=November 2022}} {{For|the Mexican drag queen|Argennis (drag queen)}}
'''Argennis''' ({{langx|grc|Ἀργεννίς}}) was an epithet of the Greek goddess Aphrodite, which was derived from Argennus (sometimes Anglicized as "Argynnos"), a son of Peisidice.
Argennus was lusted after by the ancient king Agamemnon, and pursued by him.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | last =Bell | first =Robert E. | title =Argennis| encyclopedia =Women of Classical Mythology: A Biographical Dictionary | pages =63 | publisher =Oxford University Press | date =1993 | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=mxUZAQAAIAAJ | isbn = 9780195079777 | accessdate = 2018-03-16}}</ref> In order to escape, Argennus hurled himself to his death in the river Cephissus, after which Agamemnon built a sanctuary of Aphrodite Argennis to honor him.<ref>Stephanus of Byzantium, ''Ethnica''s. v. Ἀργεννίς</ref><ref>Athenaeus, ''Deipnosophistae'' 13.608</ref>
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Category:Epithets of Aphrodite
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