Oaxes
In Greek mythology, Oaxes or Oaxos (Ancient Greek: Ὄαξος) was the founder of the town of Oaxus within Crete,[1] a place known to Servius and Herodotus. He was the son of the god Apollo either by the Cretan nymph Anchiale[2] or Acacallis, daughter of Minos.[3] Apollonius wrote in Argonautica of Crete being the Oaxian land. Vibius Sequester wrote the river Oaxes gave its name (to the city Oaxia). The river Oaxes was, according to , very cold.[4]
Notes[]
- ^ L Schmitz, A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Volume 3, J Baylis 1873 (ed. W Smith) [Retrieved 2015-04-09]
- ^ Maurus Servius Honoratus, Commentary on the Eclogues of Vergil 1.65
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium s. v. Oaxes
- ^ Publius Vergilius Maro, John Martyn, Bucolicorum Eclogae Decem ; The Bucolicks of Virgil with an English Translation and Notes (p. 29), Reily, 1749 (Original from Austrian National Library) [Retrieved 2015-04-08]
References[]
- Publius Vergilius Maro, Eclogues. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1895. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Vergilius Maro, Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics of Vergil. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- 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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