Cyamites or Kyamites () from κύαμος "bean", was a hero in ancient Greek religion, worshiped locally in Athens.Photius, Lexicon, s. v. KyamitesPlutarch, Lives of Ten Orators, 4
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 PlutarchMoralia, 837c to have been situated on the same road not far from the sanctuary.
According to Károly Kerényi, it is likely that Cyamites is another name for the god Hades.
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References Meyer, Herbert, "Kyamites", in Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft, Band XI, Halbband 2, edited by Wilhelm Kroll, Stuttgart, J. B. Metzler, 1922. Wikisource.