Agathon (Anc. Gr. Ἀγάθων) is a given name.

Russian name

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In Russian, in 1924–1930, the name "Агато́н" (Agaton) was included into various Soviet calendars,[1] which included the new and often artificially created names promoting the new Soviet realities and encouraging the break with the tradition of using the names in the Synodal Menologia.[2] The name is a Westernized form of the more traditional name Agafon.[3]

Classical antiquity

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Fictional characters

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  • Karl Agathon, a fictional character on the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica 2004 TV series
  • Agaton Sax, a fictional detective in the eponymous comedic detective novels written for children by Swedish author Nils-Olof Franzén

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Notes

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  1. ^ Superanskaya, pp. 22 and 34
  2. ^ Toronto Slavic Quarterly. Елена Душечкина. "Мессианские тенденции в советской антропонимической практике 1920-х - 1930-х годов" (in Russian)
  3. ^ Superanskaya, p. 34
  4. ^ Diodorus Siculus, xix. 75
  5. ^ Smith, William (1867), "Agathon (1)", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston, p. 65, archived from the original on 2005-10-26, retrieved 2008-05-05{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ^ Plutarch, de Fluv. p. 1156, e. 1159, a
  7. ^ Stobaeus Serm. tit. 100. 10, ed. Gaisford
  8. ^ Smith, William (1867), "Agathon (3)", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston, p. 66, archived from the original on 2011-05-14, retrieved 2008-05-05{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  9. ^ Conciliorum Nova Collectio a Mansi, vol. xii. p. 189
  10. ^ Christian, Albany James (1867), "Agathon (4)", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston, p. 66, archived from the original on 2011-05-14, retrieved 2008-05-05{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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