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. The remains of the ancient city, such as the temple of Concordia, the temple of Zeus (or Olympaeon), the temple of Heracles and "Juno Lacinia", are all dated back to the 5th century BC. Especially the temple of Concordia is one of the finest examples of Greek Classicism.
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.
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.
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