ancient Akragas, and Luigi Pirandello (1867–1936), dramatist and Nobel prize winner for literature,who was born at contrada u Càvusu in Agrigento. Akragas was...

Akragas may refer to: Akragas, an ancient Greek city on the site of modern Agrigento, Sicily Acragas (mythology), one of the Potamoi, son of Zeus and...

in a street fight. Syracuse and Akragas did not neglect their defences during the activities of Hermocrates. Akragas, expecting to be the first target...

Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Akragas 2018, commonly referred to as Akragas, is an Italian association football club based in Agrigento, Sicily...

444–443 BC) was a Greek pre-Socratic philosopher and a native citizen of Akragas, a Greek city in Sicily. Empedocles' philosophy is known best for originating...

Meanwhile, Akragas had taken over Sikan and Sicel lands under the tyrant Theron of Acragas (488-472 BC). To forestall any conflicts between Akragas and Syracuse...

survivors then founded Heraclea Minoa. Sicilian Greeks (probably the cities of Akragas, Gela and Selinus) fought an undated war of revenge against Carthage, which...

main base at Akragas. A large Carthaginian army attempted to lift the siege in 262 BC but was heavily defeated at the Battle of Akragas. The Romans then...

of the First Sacred War 583 Psammetichus is overthrown by Korinth 582 Akragas is founded by Gelans 582: First recorded Pythian Games 581 Selinus attacks...

the expansion of the Greek colonies on the island, mainly Syracuse and Akragas. However, in the 450s BCE they had grown in power under a leader named...

(2022). Die Münzen der Tyrannen Territorium und Einflussmacht der Polis Akragas in der Zeit der Emmenidenherrschaft (490/89-471 v. Chr., Westsizilien)...

dei Templi, a section of the ancient city of Agrigentum (ancient Greek Akragas, modern Agrigento) in Sicily. Its attribution to Hera derives from a misinterpretation...

Phalaris (Greek: Φάλαρις) was the tyrant of Akragas (now Agrigento) in Sicily in Magna Graecia, from approximately 570 to 554 BC. Phalaris was renowned...

Dipartimento Beni Culturali e Identità Siciliana I tesori di Akragas|Treasures of Akragas" to celebrate Hardcastle's contributions to archaeology. A centenary...

fleet and capturing the grain convoy bound for Akragas. The Greeks, faced with starvation, abandoned Akragas, which was sacked by Himilco. The siege had...

hero) is an ancient Greek temple of Magna Graecia in the ancient city of Akragas, located in the Valle dei Templi in Agrigento, Italy. The building, in...

brutal means and expansionist policies. In 570 BC Phalaris became tyrant of Akragas, followed by Cleander in Gela in 505 BC, succeeded by his brother Hippocrates...

(Πέριλλος)) of Athens invented and proposed it to Phalaris, the tyrant of Akragas, Sicily, as a new means of execution. The bull was said to have been hollow...

with Rome. In 262 BC, the Romans moved to the southern coast and besieged Akragas. In order to raise the siege, Carthage sent reinforcements, including 60...

professional footballer who plays as a defender for Italian Serie D club ASD Akragas 2018. On 27 October 2018, Silva made his professional debut with Trapani...

powerful shots. He is currently a non-playing staff member at Lega Pro club Akragas. Almirón began his professional career with Argentine club Newell's Old...

Sicily: he will be Akragas' coach]. La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 9 January 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2015. "Calciomercato Akragas, Legrottaglie lascia...

today, such as Neapolis ("New City", now Naples), Syrakousai (Syracuse), Akragas (Agrigento), Taras (Taranto), Rhegion (Reggio Calabria), and Kroton (Crotone)...

settlements. The most important colony was in Syracuse; others grew up at Akragas, Selinunte, Gela, Himera and Zancle. The native Sicani and Sicel peoples...

professional footballer who plays as a forward for Italian Serie D club Akragas. Olaoye spent his youth career with Junior Hammers and Elite Pro Sports...

his first entire match for Akragas, a 3–1 away defeat against Catanzaro. On 7 October he scored his first goal for Akragas in the 39th minute of a 2–2...

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also called Girgenti in Italian. In Latin it is Agrigentum and in Greek Akragas. He is said by the Synaxarion in a self-contradictory passage to have been...

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In Greek mythology, Acragas or Akragas (Greek: Ἀκράγας) was a river god said to be a son of Zeus and the Oceanid Asterope. The town of Acragas (modern...