Ἀκράγας

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Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.

Valerius Maximus, De Factis Dictisque

French (Bailly abrégé)

αντος;
1Ἀκράγας l’Acragas (auj. S. Biago), fl. de Sicile;
2ouἈκράγας Agrigente, ville de Sicile.

English (Slater)

Ἀκρᾰγας
   a a city in Sicily Θήρωνα δὲ ἔρεισμ' Ἀκράγαντος (O. 2.6) ἐπί τοι Ἀκράγαντι τανύσαις αὐδάσομαι (O. 2.91) κλεινὰν ̆ακράγαντα γεραίρων εὔχομαι (O. 3.2) ποταμίᾳ τ' ̆ακράγαντι (P. 6.6)
   b the river Akragas, flowing through the city φιλάγλαε, καλλίστα βροτεᾶν πολίων, Φερσεφόνας ἕδος, ἅ τ' ὄχθαις ἔπι μηλοβότου ναίεις ̆ακράγαντος ἐύδματον κολώναν, ὦ ἄνα (P. 12.3)

Spanish (DGE)

(Ἀκράγᾱς) -αντος, ὁ, ἡ

• Prosodia: [-ᾰ-]
Acragante o Agrigento
1 ὁ Ἀ. río que da n. a la ciudad de Agrigento, Pi.P.12.3, Th.6.4.
2 ὁ, ἡ Ἀ. la ciudad de Agrigento, Th.7.46, Pi.O.2.6, 91, 3.2, P.6.6
X.HG 1.5.21.
3 hijo de Zeus y Astéropa, fundador de Agrigento, St.Byz.
4 un toreuta, Plin.HN 33.155.