Agrius

Agrius (/ˈæɡriəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἄγριος means "wild")^[1] in Greek mythology, is a name that may refer to:

• Agrius, one of the
  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

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.
• ISBN 978-90-04-17418-4. Online version at Brill
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• 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.
• 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.

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