Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Agrestes was, according to the 13th-century Arthurian romance Estoire del Saint Graal (the first part of the Vulgate Cycle), a pagan king of Camelot in the time of Josephus of Arimathea. He persecuted those of his people who converted to Christianity under Josephus' influence: When Josephus, the son of Joseph of Arimathea, began converting Agrestes’ people to Christianity, the king pretended to go along. As soon as Josephus had left, however, Agrestes forced his people back to their heathen religion and killed the disciples that Josephus had left in the city. Following this massacre, Agrestes went mad, began to eat his hands, slaughtered his family, and finally committed suicide by diving into a fire. After his death, Josephus returned and converted Camelot to Christianity for good.. }
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- Agrestes abstract "Agrestes was, according to the 13th-century Arthurian romance Estoire del Saint Graal (the first part of the Vulgate Cycle), a pagan king of Camelot in the time of Josephus of Arimathea. He persecuted those of his people who converted to Christianity under Josephus' influence: When Josephus, the son of Joseph of Arimathea, began converting Agrestes’ people to Christianity, the king pretended to go along. As soon as Josephus had left, however, Agrestes forced his people back to their heathen religion and killed the disciples that Josephus had left in the city. Following this massacre, Agrestes went mad, began to eat his hands, slaughtered his family, and finally committed suicide by diving into a fire. After his death, Josephus returned and converted Camelot to Christianity for good.".