Acragas_(mythology)

Acragas (mythology)

Acragas (mythology)

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In Greek mythology, Acragas or Akragas (Greek: Ἀκράγας), was said to be a son of Zeus and the Oceanid Asterope, and the eponym of the town of Acragas (modern Agrigento) in Sicily.[1]

Notes

  1. [1]
    Smith, "Acragas"; Stephanus of Byzantium, s. v. Akragantes (Meineke, p. 74, Billerbeck, p. 121).

References

  • Billerbeck, Margarethe, Stephani Byzantii Ethnica: Volumen I: Α–Γ, Walter de Gruyter, 2006. ISBN 9783110174496.
  • Meineke, August, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorvm quae svpersvnt, Berolini: Impensis G. Reimeri, 1849. Internet Archive.
  • Smith, William; Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London (1873). "Acragas" .
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