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Acragas (mythology)

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Ancient edit

Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Akragantes

Ἀχράγατος τοῦ Ἀστερὀπης τῆς Ὠχεανοῦ
[German: Bitterbeck, p. 121]

Modern edit

Smith, "Acragas"

  • )Akra/gas), a son of Zeus and the Oceanid Asterope, to whom the foundation of the town of Acragas (Agrigentum) in Sicily was ascribed. (Steph. Byz. s. v. Ἀκράγαντες.)