Aglaonike

Aglaonike (Greek Ἀγλαονίκη, also Aganike Ἀγανίκη ), daughter of Hegetor or the hegemon was, according to legend, a sorceress Greek from Thessaly, the " pull down " the moon could and was punished by the gods.

From Plutarch it is rationalizing considered as an early astronomer who could predict lunar eclipses.

Based on the interpretation of Plutarch assumes Peter Bicknell that Aglaonike before the 1st century ( Plutarch writes about it ) and earlier than the 3rd century BC ( Babylonian astronomers can calculate eclipses of the moon ) would have lived. Usually, since the moon is quite visible during a total eclipse, Bicknell hypothesized based on some ancient reports a period of particularly dark eclipses in the 2nd and 1st century BC, during which the moon would have been completely invisible and thereby charlatans ( including Aglaonike ) would have allowed to assert, " pulled down " to have him.

The Venus crater Aglaonice was named by the IAU in 2006 after her.