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🌍 Agyrion (Sicily)

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  • Information
    city in Sicily
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462082
    In
    🌍 Sicily (island)
    Cult site of
    πŸ‘€ Geryon son of ChrysaorπŸ‘€ Iolaos son of Iphicles, companion of Heracles
    Related entities
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    Mentioned by
    πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 4.24.1-4.24.6πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 4.17.1-4.25.1
    Mentioned in text
    Diodoros, Library
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