Brewer's: Agatha

Daughter of Cuno, the ranger, in love with Max, to whom she is to be married, provided he carries off the prize in the annual trial-shot. She is in danger of being shot by Max unwittingly, but is rescued by a hermit, and becomes the bride of the young huntsman. —Weber's Opera of Der Freischütz.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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