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Agrius

American  
[ey-gree-uhs] / ˈeɪ gri əs /

noun

Classical Mythology.
  1. one of the Gigantes.

  2. a centaur who attacked Hercules.

  3. a son of Circe and Odysseus.

  4. the father of Thersites.


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When it opened in 2016, Agrius garnered rave reviews for its organic, local menu.

From New York Times

Agrius bills itself as an organic restaurant, but that doesn’t do justice to the big ideas behind the business, which Leir sees as a collection of like-minded people nourishing their community.

From Washington Post

The character of his scabies is more analogous to the lichen agrius of Willan.

From Project Gutenberg

There he met his father-in-law, C. Fundanius, the knight Agrius, and Agrasius, a farmer of imposts, who were gazing on a map of Italy, painted on the inner walls of the temple.

From Project Gutenberg

For to Portheus were born three distinguished sons, and they dwelt in Pleuron and lofty Calydon: Agrius and Melas, but the third was the knight Œneus, the father of my father, who was conspicuous among them for valour.

From Project Gutenberg