Agāve

, daughter of Cadmus and Hermione, married Echion, by whom she had Pen the us, who was torn to pieces by the Bacchanals. See: Pen the us . She is said to have killed her husband in celebrating the orgies of Bacchus. She received divine honours after death, because she had contributed to the education of Bacchus. Theocritus , poem 26.— Ovid , Metamorphoses , bk. 3 , li. 725 .— Lucan , bk. 1 , li. 574 .— Statius , Thebiad , bk. 11 , li. 318 .— Apollo dor us , bk. 3 , ch. 4 .――One of the Nereides. Apollo dor us , bk. 1 .――A tragedy of Statius. Juvenal , satire 7, li. 87 , .