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Aglaus
Died
Arcadia, Greece
NationalityGreek
Known forMythological poor citizen who was believed to be content & happy by the gods

Aglaus ( Ancient Greek: Ἀγλαός) was a semi- mythological poor citizen of Psophis in Arcadia. [1] When King Gyges, king of Lydia asked the Delphic oracle whether any man was happier than he was, [2] [3] the oracle pronounced Aglaus to be happier on account of his contentedness. Pausanias places Aglaus in the time of Croesus. [4]

References

  1. ^ Smith, William (1867), "Aglaus", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, p. 74
  2. ^ Valerius Maximus, vii. 1. § 2
  3. ^ Pliny the Elder Natural History vii. 47
  4. ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece viii. 24. § 7

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Aglaus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aglaus
Died
Arcadia, Greece
NationalityGreek
Known forMythological poor citizen who was believed to be content & happy by the gods

Aglaus ( Ancient Greek: Ἀγλαός) was a semi- mythological poor citizen of Psophis in Arcadia. [1] When King Gyges, king of Lydia asked the Delphic oracle whether any man was happier than he was, [2] [3] the oracle pronounced Aglaus to be happier on account of his contentedness. Pausanias places Aglaus in the time of Croesus. [4]

References

  1. ^ Smith, William (1867), "Aglaus", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, p. 74
  2. ^ Valerius Maximus, vii. 1. § 2
  3. ^ Pliny the Elder Natural History vii. 47
  4. ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece viii. 24. § 7

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Aglaus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.



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