Agrius

For the genus of moths (family Sphingidae) see Agrius (genus).

Agrius or Agrios (Ancient Greek: Ἄγριος), in Greek mythology, is a name that may refer to:

The city of Agrinio, the largest city in Aetolia, took its name from Agrius.

References

  1. Schmitz, Leonhard (1867), "Agrius", in Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology 1, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, p. 82
  2. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1. 7. § 10, 8. § 5, &c.
  3. Hyginus, Fabluae 175, comp. 242 and Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses, 37
  4. Comp. Pausanias, Description of Greece ii. 25. § 2
  5. Ovid, Heroides 9. 153
  6. Hesiod, Theogony 1011f
  7. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1. 6. 2
  8. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2. 5. 4
  9. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, Epitome of Book IV, 7. 26
  10. Hyginus, Fabulae, 181


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