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This article is about the mythological characters with this name. For the ancient Greek sculptor, see
Argius . For the genus of moths (family Sphingidae), see
Agrius (moth) .
Agrius (;
Ancient Greek : Ἄγριος means "wild")
[1] in
Greek mythology , is a name that may refer to:
Agrius, one of the
Giants , sons of
Gaia . He, together with
Thoon , was clubbed to death by
Moirai with maces made from bronze, during the Gigantomachy, the battle of the Giants versus the
Olympian gods .
[2]
Agrius , son of King
Porthaon of
Calydon .
[3]
Agrius , son of
Polyphonte and a bear. He was the twin brother of
Oreius .
[4]
Agrius, one of the
Centaurs who
Heracles fought with.
[5]
Agrius, son of
Odysseus by
Circe and a brother of
Latinus and
Telegonus , mentioned only in
Hesiod 's
Theogony .
[6]
Agrius, one of the
Suitors of
Penelope who came from
Dulichium along with other 56 wooers.
[7] He, with the other suitors, was slain by
Odysseus with the aid of
Eumaeus ,
Philoetius , and
Telemachus .
[8]
Agrius, one of
Actaeon 's dogs.
[9]
The city of
Agrinio , the largest city in
Aetolia , took its name from Agrius.
Notes
^ Beekes, s.v. ἄγρος, p. 16.
^
Apollodorus , 1.6.2
^ Apollodorus, 1.7.10 & 1.8.5
^
Antoninus Liberalis , 21
^ Apollodorus, 2.5.4
^
Hesiod ,
Theogony 1011 ff.
^ Apollodorus,
Epitome 7.26–27
^ Apollodorus, Epitome 7.33
^
Hyginus , Fabulae 181
References
Antoninus Liberalis , The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992).
Online version at the Topos Text Project.
Apollodorus , The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4.
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
Greek text available from the same website .
Beekes, Robert S. P. , Etymological Dictionary of Greek , 2 vols, Leiden,
Brill , 2009.
ISBN
978-90-04-17418-4 .
Online version at Brill .
Gaius Julius Hyginus , Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies.
Online version at the Topos Text Project.
Graves, Robert , The Greek Myths , Harmondsworth, London, England, Penguin Books, 1960.
ISBN
978-0143106715
Graves, Robert, The Greek Myths: The Complete and Definitive Edition. Penguin Books Limited. 2017.
ISBN
978-0-241-98338-6 ,
024198338X
Hesiod ,
Theogony from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914.
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
Greek text available from the same website .