AGATHIAS
\aɡˈaθi͡əz], \aɡˈaθiəz], \a_ɡ_ˈa_θ_iə_z]\
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A Greek poet and historian; about 536-581. He collected a "Cycle" of contemporary poems, in which were a few of his own composition. We have still 101 of his "Epigrams", and the whole of his "History" of the years 553-558.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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