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	AKRAGAS
		Akragas) ist eine Stadt an der Südküste Siziliens, 4 km vom Meer entfernt gelegen.
		Die Stadt liegt auf einer nach Osten und Norden steilen, nach Westen langsam abfallenden Felshöhe und wird von zwei Flüssen umschlossen, Hypsas und Akragas, diese vereinen sich unterhalb der Stadt auf halber Strecke zum Meer.
		Chr., standen auch Gela und Agyrum unter der Herrschaft Akragas.
	www.toonorama.com /encyclopedia/A/Akragas (344 words)

	Akragas between Myth and Legend
		Akragas was sung as being the most beautiful city of the mortals by the famous Pindar in V century B.C. It rose in 581 B.C. following an expedition from the city of Gela led by Aristino and Pistillo.
		Legend would have it that Akragas was a giant born from Jupiter and the nymph Sterope, and by the strength of his arms the building of the first city wall was carried out and thus took his name.
		But Akragas was also the name of the river that flowed through the valley chosen by a group of colonizers from Rhodes and Crete who brought about the founding of a new colony.
	www.arbasicula.org /arba/AkragasEng.htm (1967 words)

	GTP
		Akragas claimed the legendary Daedalus as its founder, but in fact the city seems to have been established by a group of Rhodian and Cretan colonists from the city of Gela at ca.
		Timoleon rebuilt Akragas and repopulated it with displaced Akragasians and immigrants from Elea.
		The earliest of the large temples at Akragas, construction on this temple was begun in the last decades of the sixth century (shortly before the nearby Temple of Zeus Olympios).
	www.gtp.gr /LocInfo.asp?infoid=9&code=EITSSC00QAOQAO00051&PrimeCode=EITSSC00QAOQAO00051&Level=10&PrimeLevel=10&IncludeWide=1&LocId=61580 (1301 words)

	Appianline
		Located on a plateau overlooking Sicily's southern coast, Agrigento was founded with the name of Akragas around 582 BC by a group of colonists from Gela.
		Akragas was renamed Agrigentum by the Romans, and Girgenti by the Saracens, only to be christened Agrigento in 1927, but the place is the same.
		The Greek poet Pindar (518-438 BC) described Akragas as "the most beautiful city of the mortals." Agrigento's importance declined under the Byzantines and Saracens; the Normans, however, recognized its importance, and it was during the Norman rule that beautiful churches were built in and around the city.
	www.appianline.it /agrigento.htm (182 words)

	Agrigentum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Agrigentum is an ancient Greek city on the island Sicily, also known as Agrigento, Acragas or Akragas.
		The city was built on a cliff on the south-coast of Sicily, surrounded by two rivers (the Hypsas and the Akragas).
		This position meant that the city was easy to defend in times of war.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Agrigentum (134 words)

	For Theron of Akragas, Winner in the Chariot-Race - by Pindar
		Verily of Zeus is Pisa the abode, of Herakles the Olympian feast was founded from the chief spoils of war, and Theron's name must we proclaim for his victory with the four-horse-car, a righteous and god-fearing host, the stay of Akragas, of famous sires the flower, a saviour of the state.
		They after long toils bravely borne took by a river's side a sacred dwelling place, and became the eye of Sicily, and a life of good luck clave to them, bringing them wealth and honour to crown their inborn worth.
		At Akragas will I take aim, and will proclaim and swear it with a mind of truth, that for a hundred years no city hath brought forth a man of mind more prone to well-doing towards friends or of more liberal mood than Theron.
	www.poetry-archive.com /p/for_theron_of_akragas.html (747 words)

	Agrigento by Akragas.com \| / City / Storia / Akragas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Lo scenario bellico si completo' ad assistere Akragas intervenne Gelone, tiranno di Siracusa, quel Gelone originario di Gela che tanto merito ebbe nella memorabile vittoria che l'esercito akragantino-siracusano riporto' sui Cartaginesi; vittoria di Imera (480 a.C.) che, secondo gli storici, avvenne nello stesso giorno in cui i greci sconfiggevano i Persiani a Salamina.
		La grandezza di Akragas duro', nonostante le continue rotture con Siracusa, Gela ed Imera fino al 406 a.C. quando l'esercito cartaginese ritorno' e, dopo un lungo assedio, entrò in città iniziando una lunga ed inesorabile distruzione che non permetterà mai più alla gloriosa colonia di Akragas di avere un ruolo culturale nel contesto del Mediterraneo.
		Akragas tra le alterne vicende, rimase sotto l'influenza cartaginese sino alla definitiva entrata del Romani nel 210 a.C., a seguito degli eventi bellici della II guerra punica.
	www.akragas.com /city/storia/akragas/cenni.asp (607 words)

	Travel in Agrigento, Italy- Italien - History - WorldTravelGate.net® (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Located on a plateau overlooking Sicily's southern coast, Agrigento was founded as Akragas around 582 BC by a group of colonists from Gela, who themselves were the immediate descendants of Greeks from Rhodes and Crete.
		Akragas, named for the nearby river, flourished under Phalaris (570-554 BC), and developed further under Theron (488-471 BC), whose troops participated in the Battle of Himera in 480 BC, defeating the Carthaginians.
		The Greek poet Pindar (518-438 BC) described Akragas as "the most beautiful city of the mortals." Akragas' most famous citizen was the philosopher and scientist Empedocles (490-430 BC).
	www.eurotravelling.net /italy/agrigento/agrigento_history.htm (831 words)

	AGRIGENTO
		Story of Akragas – The site upon which Agrigento was constructed has been inhabited since prehistoric times, but it was not until about 580 BC that a group of people from Gela, originally from Rhodes and Crete, decided to found Akragas, taking its name from one of the two rivers which confine the city.
		It was rebuilt in the second half of the 4C BC by Timoleon, a mercenary general from Corinth engaged in the fight against the Carthaginians in Sicily.
		In 210 BC, Akragas was besieged by the Romans.
	www.sicilynet.it /agrigento/agrigento.htm (2378 words)

	Hotel Il Gabbiano
		Akragas' origins can be found in 581 b.C., date when it was founded, in the works of both Aristonoo and Pistiloin who are traditionally considered as the founders of the Rode and Crete colonies.
		The Terone court (Akragas tyrant from 488 to 471 b.
		C.) was the destination for famous poets like Simonide and Pindaro, who greeted the Midas flautist's native land as "the most beautiful city for mortals, the splendor friend, the seat of Persefone".
	www.hotelgabbiano.it /itinerari_eng.html (219 words)

	.Certified Gold Coins: Our Favorite Coins #01 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Greek city of Akragas located in southern Sicily on the Mediterranean Sea, was later renamed by the Romans as Agrigentum, and is today the city of Agrigento, capital of the province of the same name.
		Akragas became a center for trade and culture, home to 200,000 people, making it one of the largest Greek cities.
		While the eagle is often used on coinage both ancient and modern, the crab appears on this coin as a symbol of the city, through which flowed the Akragas river, at the time teeming with crabs.
	mysite.verizon.net /vzeqg1oh/favc001a.htm (1356 words)

	Sicily, Akragas - Ancient Greek Coinage thumbnail index - WildWinds.com
		Akragas, Sicily, AE29, (8.50g) worn coin countermarked 405-392 BC, Crab.
		Akragas, Sicily, Æ26, (12.38g) worn coin countermarked 405-392 BC, Crab, prawn below.
		Akragas, Sicily, Æ tetras, (14.32g) early 5th century BC, tooth-shaped cast bronze, perhaps a weight, Eagle's head left.
	www.wildwinds.com /coins/greece/sicily/akragas/t.html (1107 words)

	La Vedetta Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		AKRAGAS: Casella, Stagno, Luci, Luca, Fulco, Vinci (dall’80’ Capasso), Garufo, Calamita, Adelfio, Chiara, Venniro.
		Un Licata cinico, veloce nelle ripartenze e vigoroso in difesa, demolisce le speranze di un Akragas voglioso di appropriarsi un derby molto sentito.
		Quindi un Licata battagliero, predisposto alla lotta, Akragas impacciato e sprecone nei passaggi più elementari, anche per la pressione dei giocatori licatesi, apparsi molto concentrati, ma soprattutto decisi a riscattarsi dalle due sconfitte consecutive.
	www.lavedettaonline.it /licata_calcio/9_giornata.htm (466 words)

	AgrigentoCenniStorici (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Si estese nella valle compresa tra i due fiumi Akragas e Hipsas in un'area circondata da mura di circa 13 chilometri, la città aveva una popolazione che si aggirava attorno agli ottocentomila abitanti nel periodo più proficuo.
		C., il tiranno Falaride contribuì a rendere famoso il nome di Akragas ampliando i confini che andavano da Termini Imerese a Lentini e costruendo le mura perimetrali.
		E' proprio in quell'anno che Akragas vinse una battaglia contro Cartagine nei pressi di Himera, oggi Termini Imerese, e che fece accrescere la potenza economica e il prestigio alla città.
	www.lamiasicilia.it /AgrigentoCenniStorici.htm (403 words)

	Agrigento, Sicily, Pictures
		Agrigento (Latin Agrigentum; Greek Akragas), city, Italy, southern Sicily, capital of Agrigento Province, on the Mediterranean Sea.
		Agrigento was founded by Greeks from the city of Gela about 582 BC and became an important trading and cultural center with a population of about 200,000.
		After 406 BC, when it was sacked by a force from Carthage, the city (then known as Akragas) declined in importance, although it remained large.
	www.greatestcities.com /Europe/Italy/Sicily/Agrigento_Agrigentum_Akragas_city_and_Province_regional_capital.html (204 words)

	restaurants valley of the temples (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The archeological area known as the Valley of the Temples in Agrigento, Sicily, is one of the most important archeological sites in the world and a Unesco world heritage site since 1998.
		Further down, on the bank of the Akragas river, near a medical spring, stood the Temple dedicated to Asklepius (Eusculapius), the god of medicine.
		At the mouth of the river there was the harbour and emporion (trading-post) of the ancient city.
	www.capri-island.com /sicily/restaurants/restaurants-valley-of-the-temples.html (1276 words)

	Agrigento
		Die Stadt liegt auf einer nach und Norden steilen nach Westen langsam abfallenden und wird von zwei Flüssen umschlossen Hypsas Akragas diese vereinen sich unterhalb der Stadt halber Strecke zum Meer.
		Das Stadtgebiet wird durch ein tiefes in zwei Hälften geteilt von denen sich nordwestlichere bis zu 328 m der südöstliche zu 351 m über den Meeresspiegel erhebt.
		Außerdem war Akragas seine Pferde- und Viehzucht berühmt.
	www.uni-protokolle.de /Lexikon/Akragas.html (320 words)

	Ancient Greek Sicily
		Corinthians settled at Syracuse, Camarina and Akrai, Chalcidians at Himera, Mylai, Zancle, Catane, and Leontinoi, Megarians at Megara Hyblaea and Selinus, and Rhodians, Cretans and Cnidians at Gela, Akragas and Lipara.
		Trade contacts between Greeks and natives led to gradual Hellenization of the indigenous areas, so that, in time, the Greek tongue became widespread, and continued to be used for common parlance throughout the Roman period as well.
		The Carthaginian forces defeated by the combined armies of Theron of Akragas, and Gelon.
	www.robertvandermeer.nl /greeksicily.html (410 words)

	Perseus Site: Akragas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Facade of Temple of Concord at Agrigento (Akragas)
		Rear of Temple of Concord at Agrigento (Akragas)
		Ruins of the Temple of Olympian Zeus at Agrigento (Akragas)
	www.perseus.tufts.edu /cgi-bin/siteindex?lookup=Akragas (1571 words)

	Komodia - Akragas l'alba di una civiltà (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		E' uno spettacolo di suoni, luci, e danze, con sedici attori in scena ed immagini multimediali per raccontare la storia e le tradizioni della greca Akragas del V sec a.C., della Kerkent degli arabi, e i luoghi della Girgenti di Pirandello.
		It is a second, light and dances show with sixteen anctors and multimedial images to tell history and tradition of the Greek Akragas (5th century B.C.), the Arab Kerkent and the Girgent places, where Pirandello was from.
		It is a multimedial entertainment introduced by a Luciano De Crescenzo preface on video, to find again the charm and the echo of the noble history of Akragas, between the white Temples in the verdant wood of the Valley.
	www.lestoai.it /komodia.htm (383 words)

	For Midas of Akragas, Winner in the Flute-Playing Match - by Pindar
		That heard she pouring from the maiden heads and heads of serpents unapproachable amidst the anguish of their pains, when Perseus had stricken the third sister, and to the isle Seriphos and its folk bare thence their doom.
		But the Maiden, when that she had delivered her well-beloved from these toils, contrived the manifold music of the flute, that with such instrument she might repeat the shrill lament that reached her from Euryale's ravening jaws.
		"For Theron of Akragas, Winner in the Chariot-Race" is reprinted from The Extant Odes of Pindar.
	www.poetry-archive.com /p/for_midas_of_akragas.html (120 words)

	Italian Tourism
		Built on a cliff on the south coast of Sicily, Agrigento is an ancient Greek city, which also carries the names of Agrigentum, Acragas or Akragas.
		Being surrounded by two rivers called the Hypsas and Akragas made it easier to defend the city in war time.
		Agrigento was founded with the name of Akragas by the inhabitants of Gela in the 6th century BC.
	www.lifeinitaly.com /Tourism/sicily/Agrigento.asp (505 words)

	Sicily - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		It can be said that Sicilians residing in the east, southeast, and northeast portions of the island are primarily of Greek (and probably Sicel) descent.
		Cities such as Syracuse (Sirakousa), Messina (Zankle), Agrigento (Akragas), and Taormina/Giardini-Naxos, were originally Greek settlements.
		In the southwest, west, and northwest of the island, it can be said that the inhabitants are primarily of Phoenician/Arab and Sican descent.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /sicily.htm (2154 words)

	Sicily Agrigento Valley of temples
		The city Agrigento is located at the south-west coast of Sicily.
		Founded by the Greek in ancient times under the name of Akragas, it became one of the most important centres of the island.
		The poet Pindar praised Akragas as “the most beautiful of the mortal cities”.
	www.sicily-vacation-home.net /sicilyinformation/daytrips/agrigento/index_eng.html (384 words)

	History
		According to Thucydides, Akragas was founded in 580 BC: “about one hundred and eight years after the foundation of Gela, the Geloans founded Akragas, so called from the river bearing that name, and named Aristonous and Pystilus their founders, giving their own institutions to the colony” (Thucydides, book VI, 4).
		The foundation of the city marked an important step in the plan by the Rhodian-Cretans from Gela to expand their political and military influence towards the northern coasts and the hinterland.
		During Phalari’s rule, from 570 to 555 BC, Akragas grew more powerful and extended its possessions to the detriment of the Sicans, who were driven back towards the hinterland or subdued.
	www.sicilytourist.com /ag/agrigentoenglish/history.htm (487 words)

	sightseeings in Agrigento (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In 581 B.C., people of the Greek colony of Gela, together with a group of Greeks from the homeland, moved to the west founding the city of Akragas in a place set in fron of african coasts, in order to protect the rest of Greek colonie of Sicily against the Carthaginian invasion.
		Between 570 and 555 B.C. Phalaris, the first tyrant of the city, built the first enclosure walls.
		After the win against Carthaginians in the battle of Himera in 480 B.C., Akragas became the most important city in Sicily.
	www.sicilian.net /hotels/s_ag.html (143 words)

	Agrigento - The Site - Hotel Near (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In 581 BC colonists from nearby Gela and from Rhodes founded the city of Akragas between the rivers of Hypsas and Akragas.
		They surrounded it with a mighty wall, formed in part by a higher ridge on which stood the acropolis (and, today, the modern town).
		The western zone (daily 8.30am-1hr before sunset; L4000/?2.07), back along the path and beyond the car park, is less impressive, a vast tangle of stone and fallen masonry from a variety of temples.
	www.hotelnear.com /3014/3017/7200g/Italy-Agrigento-The_Site.html (572 words)

	Hotel Il Gabbiano
		Akragas trae le sue origini dal 581 a.C., data della sua fondazione, ad opera dei due ecisti Aristonoo e Pistiloin cui tradizionalmente si vuole riconoscere la duplice provenienza dei coloni, da Rodi e da Creta.
		oltre che portare ad Akragas un enorme bottino segno' per la citta' un periodo di prosperita' e potenza che diede vita alle grandi opere pubbliche, templi e acquedotti.
		La corte di Terone (tiranno di Akragas tra il 488 e il 471 a.C.) era meta di grandi poeti come Simonide e Pindaro il quale pote' salutare, nella patria del flautista Midas, Akragas come "la piu' bella delle citta' dei mortali; l' amica del fasto, sede di Persefone".
	www.hotelgabbiano.it /itinerari_ita.html (225 words)

	Siracusa Calcio-Vuoto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		E’ in arrivo il velleitario Akragas e si profila, quindi, l’ennesima battaglia, considerati i precedenti fra le due squadre.
		Da Siracusa ed Akragas ci attendiamo molto sul piano dello spettacolo, dello sport, dell’agonismo.
		AKRAGAS: Reali; Brogiotti, Ferrante; Nardi, Di Fatta, Carlucci; Penna, Bella, Mascheroni, Ferrari, Muffato.
	siracusacalcio.tifonet.it /oroazzurro25p.htm (5817 words)

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