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* Agathanor (
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:Αγαθάνωρ) (late 4th century BC) son of Agathon was the
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ian archpriest of
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, mentioned in the decree of
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. * Agathanor son of Thrasycles (c. 250-200 BC) from
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, was also a
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priest of
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and
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