Agathyllus

Agathyllus (Gr. polytonic|Ἀγάθυλλος) was a Greek elegiac poet from Arcadia, who is quoted by Dionysius of Halicarnassus in reference to the history of Aeneas and the foun­dation of Rome.Citation
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title = Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
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pages = 66
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place = Boston
year = 1867
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He came into Arcadia, and, in Nesus, married his two daughters Codone and Anthemone. But he himself hastened to the Hesperian land, where he begot Romulus.cite book
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title = The Roman Antiquities of Dionysius Halicarnassensis
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Some of his other verses are preserved by Dionysius, [Dionysius of Halicarnassus, i. 49, 72] although he largely says the accounts of Agathyllus agree with those of another ancient writer, Cephalon.

Entomology

Agathyllus is also a species of the eulophidae family of chalcidoidea catalogued by Francis Walker. [cite book
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authorlink = British Museum
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title = List of the Specimens of the British Animals in the Collection of the British Museum
publisher = Oxford University Press
date = 1852
location = Oxford
pages = 49
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title = List of the Specimens of Dipterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum
publisher = Oxford University Press
date = 1854
location = Oxford
pages = 489
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