Akragas; Agrigentum

Japanese: アクラガス(英語表記)Akragas; Agrigentum
Akragas; Agrigentum
An ancient Greek colony (apoikia) in southwestern Sicily. Today it is Agrigento, Italy. It was founded around 580 BC by citizens of Gela, and flourished under the tyrants Phalaris and Theron in the 6th and 5th centuries BC. The ruins of the Archaic temples on the Acropolis belong to this period, and the philosopher Empedocles was also from this city. In Roman times it was called Agrigentum, and although it suffered a great blow in the Punic Wars, it was rebuilt and has survived to the present day as one of the major cities of Sicily. However, its area is not as large as it was in ancient Greece.

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Japanese:
シチリア島南西部の古代ギリシアの植民市 (アポイキア ) 。現イタリアのアグリジェント。前 580年頃ゲラの市民によって建設され,前6~5世紀僭主ファラリスやテロンのもとに繁栄した。アクロポリス上のアルカイック期神殿群の遺跡はこの時期に属し,哲学者エンペドクレスもこの市の出身である。ローマ時代にはアグリゲンツムと称し,ポエニ戦争で打撃を受けたが,その後また復興し,現在までシチリアの主要都市の一つとして存続してきた。しかし,その面積は古代ギリシア時代に及ばない。

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