Perimede (mythology)
# Perimede (mythology)

In Greek mythology, the name Perimede (/ˌpɛrɪˈmiːdi/; Ancient Greek: Περιμήδη "very cunning" or "cunning all round", derived from peri "round" and medea, "cunning" or "craft') refers to:

* Perimede, an Argive queen as the wife of Phoroneus, king of Argos and possible mother of his children.
* Perimede, a Thessalian princess as the daughter of King Aeolus of Aeolia and Enarete, daughter of Deimachus. She was the sister of Salmoneus, Athamas, Sisyphus, Cretheus, Perieres, Deioneus, Magnes, Calyce, Canace, Alcyone and Pisidice. Perimede was the mother of Hippodamas and Orestes by the river god Achelous.
* Perimede, a Calydonian princess as the daughter of King Oeneus, mother of Astypalaea and Europe by Phoenix (son of Agenor).
* Perimede, other name for Polymede, mother of Jason by Aeson.
* Perimede, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra better known as Iphigenia.
* Perimede, a witch, expert in herbs and poisons, described as "fair-haired". See Agamede.
