Agesander
or AGESILA'US (
Ἀγήσανδρος or
Ἀγεσίλαος), from
ἄγειν and
ἀνὴρ or
λαός, a surname of Pluto or Hades, describing him as the god who carries away all men. (Callim.
Hymn. in Pallad. 130, with Spanheins's note;
Hesych. sub voce Aeschyl. apud
Athen. iii. p. 99.) Nicander (apud
Athen. xv. p. 684) uses the form
Ἡγεσίλαος.
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