Agrius

Agrius or Agrios (Greek: Ἄγριος), in Greek mythology, is a name that may refer to:
*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. He was father of six sons, including Melanippus and Thersites, who overthrew Oeneus and gave the kingdom to their father. Agrius and his sons were themselves overthrown by Diomedes, who reinstated Oeneus as king. All the sons except Thersites were killed by Diomedes.Apollodorus, 1. 7. § 10, 8. § 5, &c. 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;Hyginus, Fabluae 175, comp. 242 and Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses, 37 according to others, Agrius and his sons were all slain by Diomedes.Compare Pausanias, Description of Greece ii. 25. § 2Ovid, Heroides 9. 153
*A son of Odysseus by Circe and a brother of Latinus and Telegonus, mentioned only in Hesiod's Theogony.Hesiod, Theogony 1011f
*One of the Gigantes, enemies of the Olympian gods. He, together with Thoon, was clubbed to death by Moirai with maces made from bronze.Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 1. 6. 2
*One of the Centaurs who Heracles fought with.Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 2. 5. 4
*One of the suitors of Odysseus' wife Penelope, from Dulichium.Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, Epitome of Book IV, 7. 26
*One of Actaeon's dogs.Hyginus, Fabulae, 181
The city of Agrinio, the largest city in Aetolia, took its name from Agrius.
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Category:Greek Mythology