Tags: Mythological Figure.

In Greek mythology Cyamites or Kyamites (Greek Κυαμίτης from κύαμος bean) was a hero worshiped locally in Athens. He had a sanctuary on the sacred road to Eleusis.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 to have been situated on the same road not far from the sanctuary.

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