Agrius

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

• Agrius, one of the Giants, sons of Gaia. He, together with Thoon, was clubbed to death by Moirai with maces made from bronze, during the Gigantomachy, the battle of the Giants versus the Olympian gods.[1]
• Agrius, son of King Porthaon of Calydon.[2]
• Agrius, son of Odysseus by Circe and a brother of Latinus and Telegonus, mentioned only in Hesiod's Theogony.[3]
• Agrius, one of the Centaurs who Heracles fought with.[4]
• Agrius, one of the suitors of Penelope, from Dulichium.[5]
• Agrius, one of Actaeon's dogs.[6]
• Agrius, son of Polyphonte and a bear.

This article is about the mythological characters with this name. For the ancient Greek sculptor, see Argius. For the genus of moths (family Sphingidae), see Agrius (moth).

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

Notes

1. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1.6.2
2. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1.7.10, 1.8.5
3. Hesiod, Theogony 1011 ff
4. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2.5.4
5. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Epitome 4.7.26
6. Hyginus, Fabulae 181

References

• 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.
• 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.
• Pseudo-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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.