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For the genus of moths (family Sphingidae) see Agrius (genus). A moth is an Insect closely related to the Butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. For a complete species list of this family see the Sphingidae species list. Agrius is a genus of Moths in the family Sphingidae. These moths are generally grey with pinkish or yellowish suffusions on the hindwings and stripes

Agrius (Gr. Ἄγριος) was in Greek mythology a son of Parthaon, king of Calydon in Aetolia, and Euryte; he was the brother of Oeneus (who succeeded his father as king of Calydon), Alcathous, Melas, Leucopeus, and Sterope. Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly Greek mythology is the body of stories belonging to the ancient Greeks concerning their gods and Heroes the nature of the world and the origins and significance In Greek mythology, Parthaon ( Greek: Παρθάων or Παρθάονος was a son of Periphetes and father of Aristas Calydon ( Greek: Καλυδών was an ancient Greek city in Aetolia, situated on the west bank of the river Evenus. Aetolia is a mountainous region of Greece on the north coast of the Gulf of Corinth forming the eastern part of the modern prefecture of Aetolia-Acarnania In Greek mythology, Oeneus, or Oineus (Οἰνεύς was a Calydonian king son of Porthaon, husband of Althaea and father of Alcathous was the name of several people in Greek mythology: Alcathous son of Pelops, killed the Cithaeronian lion. [1] He was father of six sons, including Melanippus and Thersites, who overthrew Oeneus and gave the kingdom to their father. In Greek mythology, there were five people named Melanippus: Son of Agrius, killed by Heracles. In Greek mythology, Thersites, son of Agrius, was a rank-and-file soldier of the Greek army during the Trojan War. Agrius and his sons were themselves overthrown by Diomedes, who reinstalled Oeneus as king. Diomēdēs or Diomed ( Greek: Διομήδης English translation: "God-like cunning" or "advised by Zeus" is a Hero All the sons except Thersites were killed by Diomedes. [2] Apollodorus places these events before the expedition of the Greeks against Troy, while Hyginus states that Diomedes, when he heard, after the fall of Troy, of the misfortune of his grandfather Oeneus, hastened back and expelled Agrius, who then committed suicide;[3] ac­cording to others, Agrius and his sons were all slain by Diomedes. Troy ( Greek: grc Τροία Troia, also, Ilion; Latin: Trōia, Īlium, Hittite: Wilusa or Gaius Julius Hyginus (ca 64 BC &ndash AD 17 was a Latin author but whether a native of Spain or of Alexandria is not sure a pupil of the famous [4][5]

There was another mythological Agrius who was a son of Odysseus by Circe and a brother of Latinus and Telegonus, mentioned only in Hesiod's Theogony. grc-Latn Odysseus or la Ulysses ( Greek grc-Latn Odysseus; Latin: la Ulixes or more commonly Ulysses) oʊˈdɪsiəs In Greek mythology, Circe ( sərsē; Greek Κίρκη Kírkē, falcon is a Queen Goddess (or sometimes a Nymph Latinus or Latinos was a figure in both Greek and Roman Mythology. In Greek mythology, Telegonus ( Greek: Τηλέγονος English translation: born afar was the youngest son of Circe and Odysseus Hesiod ( Greek: Hesiodos) was an early Greek Poet and Rhapsode, who presumably lived around 700 BCE Theogony ( Greek: Θεογονία theogonia = the birth of God(s is a Poem by Hesiod describing the origins and genealogies [6]

The city of Agrinio, the largest city in Aetolia, took its name from Agrius. Agrinion ( Greek, Modern Αγρίνιο Ancient/ Katharevousa: -on older form Agrinion, Latin: Agrinium) is the largest city Aetolia is a mountainous region of Greece on the north coast of the Gulf of Corinth forming the eastern part of the modern prefecture of Aetolia-Acarnania

References

  1. ^ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867), “Agrius”, in Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. The Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1849 originally published 1844 under a slightly different title is an Encyclopedia / Biographical dictionary 1, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, pp. Little Brown and Company is a publishing house established by Charles Coffin Little and his partner James Brown. 82 
  2. ^ Apollodorus, i. 7. § 10, 8. § 5, &c.
  3. ^ Hyginus, Fabluae 175, comp. Gaius Julius Hyginus (ca 64 BC &ndash AD 17 was a Latin author but whether a native of Spain or of Alexandria is not sure a pupil of the famous 242 and Antonin. Lib. 37
  4. ^ Comp. Pausanias, Description of Greece ii. Pausanias ( Greek:) was a Greek traveller and Geographer of the 2nd century CE, who lived in the times of Hadrian, Antoninus 25. § 2
  5. ^ Ovid, Heroides ix. Publius Ovidius Naso ( March 20, 43 BC – 17 AD was a Roman poet known to the English -speaking world as Ovid who wrote on many topics including The Heroides ( Her) (“The Heroines” or Epistulae Heroidum (“Letters of Heroines” are a collection of fifteen epistolary 153
  6. ^ Hesiod, Theogony 1011f
Hesiod ( Greek: Hesiodos) was an early Greek Poet and Rhapsode, who presumably lived around 700 BCE Theogony ( Greek: Θεογονία theogonia = the birth of God(s is a Poem by Hesiod describing the origins and genealogies
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