Cragus (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Cragus or Cragos (Ancient Greek: Κράγος Kragos) was a Lycian god identified with Zeus, and humanized into a son of Tremiles, eponym of Tremile which was afterwards named Lycia.[1]
Family
Cragus' mother was the nymph Praxidice, daughter of Ogygus, and brother of Tlos, Pinarus[2] and Xanthus.[3] Cragus may be identical with the figure of the same name mentioned as the husband of Milye, sister-wife of Solymus, eponym of the Solymi.[4] Possibly by Milye, he became the father of Chelidon, mother of Sidymus (eponym of Sidyma).[5]
Mythology
It was after Cragus that Mount Cragus and/or the city of Cragus were named. He was worshipped as the god of victory and strength.
Notes
- Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica s.v. Tremilē (quoting a poem by Panyassis)
- Tituli Asiae Minoris 2.174, A.16–B2 (Greek text)
- Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica s.v. Tlōs
- Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica s.v. Milyai
- Tituli Asiae Minoris 2.174, C.9–11 (Greek text)
References
- Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
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