Agesander (Hades)

Agesander or Agesilaus (Gr. polytonic|Άγήσανδρος or polytonic|Άγεσίλαος) was an epithet of the Greek god Hades (Roman Pluto).Citation | last = Schmitz | first = Leonhard | author-link = Leonhard Schmitz | contribution = Agesander (1) | editor-last = Smith | editor-first = William | title = Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology | volume = 1 | pages = 68 | publisher = Little, Brown and Company | place = Boston | year = 1867 | contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0077.html ] The name derives from the Greek words "agein" (polytonic|ἆγειν, "fetch" or "carry") and "aner" (polytonic|ἀνὴρ, "man") or "laos" (polytonic|λαός, "men" or "people"), describing Hades as the god who carries away all men. [cite book | last = Liddell | first = Henry | authorlink = Henry Liddell | coauthors = Robert Scott | title = A Greek-English Lexicon | publisher = Oxford University Press | date = 1996 | location = Oxford | pages = "s.v." | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 0-19-864226-1] [Callimachus, "Hymn. in Pallad." 130, with Friedrich Spanheim's note] [Hesychius of Alexandria "s.v."] [Aeschyl. "ap. Athen." iii. p. 99] Nicander uses the form "Hegesilaus" (polytonic|Ἡγεσίλαος). [Nicander, "ap. Athen." xv. p. 684]

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