Acragas
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Acragas can refer to:
- Acragas, an ancient Greek city on the site of modern Agrigento, Sicily.
- Acragas, a son of the god Zeus and the Oceanid Asterope, to whom the foundation of the above city was traditionally ascribed.[1]
- Acragas (silversmith), an engraver or chaser in silver, mentioned by Pliny the Elder.
- Acragas, a genus of jumping spiders.
[edit] References
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. Ακράγαντες
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1870).