Agesander

Or Agesilaus (Ἀγεσίλαος), from agein (ἄγειν) and aner (ἀνὴρ) or laos (λαός), a surname of Pluto or Hades, describing him as the god who carries away all men.

Nicander1 uses the form Hegesilaos (Ἡγεσίλαος).

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References

Notes

  1. ap. Athenaeus, xv, 684.

Sources

  • Aeschylus ap. Athenaeus, iii, 99.
  • Callimachus. Hymn in Pallad., 130, with Spanheims's note.
  • Hesychius s.v.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.

This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain.