InGreek mythologyAgreus orArgeus (Ancient Greek: Ἀγρεύς, Ἀργεύς means 'hunter' or 'wild'^[1]) and his brotherNomios (Νόμιος means "shepherd") are two of thePans, creatures multiplied from the god Pan.

They are human in shape, but have the horns of goats. Both were the sons ofHermes, Agreus' mother being thenymphSose, a prophetess: he inherited his mother's gift of prophecy, and was also a skilled hunter. Nomios' mother was thedryad Penelope (not the same as the wife ofOdysseus). He was an excellent shepherd, a seducer of nymphs, and musician upon theshepherd's pipes. Agreus and Nomios could also be understood asepithets of Pan, expressing two different aspects of the prime Pan, reflecting his dual nature as both a wise prophet and a lustful beast. Both Agreus (meaning "hunter") and Nomios (meaning "shepherd") are titles of several agricultural gods, includingAristaeus^[2] and Pan himself.

Agreus and Nomios joined the dozen sons of the god Pan to helpDionysus in his wars inIndia.^[3]

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• Diodorus Siculus,Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888–1890.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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