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

The city of Agrinio, the largest city in Aetolia, took its name from Agrius.

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  1. ^ Beekes, s.v. ἄγρος, p. 16.
  2. ^ Apollodorus, 1.6.2
  3. ^ Apollodorus, 1.7.10 & 1.8.5
  4. ^ Antoninus Liberalis, 21
  5. ^ Apollodorus, 2.5.4
  6. ^ Hesiod, Theogony 1011 ff.
  7. ^ Apollodorus, E.7.26–27
  8. ^ Apollodorus, E.7.33
  9. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 181

References

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  • 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.