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Aglaus

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Aglaus
Died
Arcadia, Greece
NationalityGreek
Known forMythological poor citizen who was believed to be content & happy by the gods

Aglaus (Ancient Greek: Ἀγλαός) was a semi-mythological poor citizen of Psophis in Arcadia.[1] When King Gyges, king of Lydia asked the Delphic oracle whether any man was happier than he was,[2][3] the oracle pronounced Aglaus to be happier on account of his contentedness. Pausanias places Aglaus in the time of Croesus.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Smith, William (1867), "Aglaus", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, p. 74
  2. ^ Valerius Maximus, vii. 1. § 2
  3. ^ Pliny the Elder Natural History vii. 47
  4. ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece viii. 24. § 7

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSmith, William, ed. (1870). "Aglaus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.