Agathon
The word Agathon (ancient Greek for "the good" or "the good") means:
- in philosophy the good
Agathon is the name of the following ancient people:
- Agathon (son of Priam) , from Hecabe (Homer Iliad 24.249, Libraries of Apollodorus 3.12.5)
- Agathon (son of Tyrimmas) , general of Alexander the great
- Agathon from Pydna , another general of Alexander the great, commanding the castle of Babylon
- Agathon (architect) , Greek architect
- Agathon (potter) , Greek potter
- Agathon of Athens (around 448 BC; † around 400 BC), Greek tragedy poet
- Agathon from Samos , Greek geographer
- Agathon, Pope from 678 to 681, see under Agatho
- Agathon, eponymous hero of a novel by Christoph Martin Wieland , see the story of the Agathon
Agathon is the name of the following people:
- family name
- Krikor Agathon (1901 – after 1936), Egyptian marksman and fencer
- First name
- Agathon Billeter (1834–1881), composer, music teacher, music director
Agathon also stands for:
- Agathon (magazine) , late Expressionist magazine published by Heinrich Böhme in 1918
See also:
- Saint-Agathon
- Agaton
- Agatone
- Agatho
- Akaaton (Finnish spelling of the name)
