Agesander (disambiguation)
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Agesander can refer to more than one thing:
- Agesander of RhodesAgesander of RhodesAgesander was a sculptor from the island of Rhodes. His name occurs in no author except Pliny, and until very recently we have known of only one work which he executed, albeit one very highly renowned work...
, one of the sculptors of the celebrated "Laocoön and his Sons" - Agesander (Hades)Agesander (Hades)Agesander or Agesilaus was an epithet of the Greek god Hades . The name derives from the Greek words agein and aner or Laos , describing Hades as the god who carries away all men....
, an epithet of the Greek god Hades - Hegesander (historian)Hegesander (historian)Hegesander was an ancient Greek historian, and a citizen of Delphi. Besides an historical work, called Commentaries , which consisted of at least six books, and seems to have been of a somewhat discursive character, he wrote a work on statues...
from Delphi.