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] His mother was the nymph Praxidice, daughter of Ogygus, and brother of Tlos,^[2] Xanthus and Pinarus. Cragus may be identical with the figure of the same name mentioned as the husband of Milye, sister-wife of Solymus.^[3]

It is after Cragus that Mount Cragus was named. He was worshiped as the god of victory and strength.

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^ Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica s.v. Tremilē (quoting a poem by Panyassis)
^ Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica s.v. Tlōs
^ Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica s.v. Milyai

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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