Phrygian river-god of Greek mythology, son of Oceanus and Tethys
Sangarius (/s æ ŋ ˈ ɡ ɛ r i ə s / ;Ancient Greek :Σαγγάριος ) is aPhrygian river-god ofGreek mythology .[ 1]
He is described as the son of theTitans Oceanus and his sister-wifeTethys [ 2] and as the husband ofMetope , by whom he became the father ofHecuba .[ 3] In some accounts, the mother was called thenaiad Evagora .[ 4] Alternatively, Sangarius had a daughterEunoë who became the mother of Hecabe by KingDymas .[ 5] He was also the father ofNana and therefore the grandfather ofAttis .[ 6] ByCybele , Sangarius became the father ofNicaea , mother ofTelete byDionysus .[ 7] His other children wereSagaritis [ 8] andOcyrrhoe .[ 9]
TheSangarius river inPhrygia (now Sakarya in Asian Turkey) itself is said to have derived its name from one Sangas, who had offendedRhea and was punished by her by being changed into water.[ 10]
^ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867)."Sangarius" . InSmith, William (ed.).Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology . Vol. 3. Boston. p. 706.{{cite book }}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link )^ Hesiod ,Theogony 344 &366–370 ^ Apollodorus, 3.12.5 ^ Scholia adEuripides ,Hecuba 3 fromPherecydes , fr. 136 (Fowler 2013, p. 42)^ Scholia adHomer ,Iliad 16.718 with Pherecydes as the authority ^ Turner, Patricia; Coulter, Charles Russell (2001)."Sangarius" .Dictionary of Ancient Deities .Oxford :Oxford University Press . p. 412.ISBN 0-19-514504-6 .OCLC 45466269 . Retrieved27 April 2009 . ^ Nonnus , 15.16 & 48.865^ Ovid ,Fasti 4.222 ^ Quintus Smyrnaeus ,11.37 ^ Scholia adApollonius of Rhodes , 2.722;Etymologicum Magnum s.v. Σαγγάριος Apollodorus ,The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website .Hesiod ,Theogony fromThe Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website .Nonnus of Panopolis ,Dionysiaca translated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863-1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940.Online version at the Topos Text Project. Nonnus of Panopolis,Dionysiaca. 3 Vols. W.H.D. Rouse. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1940–1942.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library . Publius Ovidius Naso ,Fasti translated by James G. Frazer.Online version at the Topos Text Project. Publius Ovidius Naso,Fasti. Sir James George Frazer. London; Cambridge, MA. William Heinemann Ltd.; Harvard University Press. 1933.Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library . Quintus Smyrnaeus ,The Fall of Troy translated by Way. A. S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 19. London: William Heinemann, 1913.Online version at theio.com Quintus Smyrnaeus,The Fall of Troy . Arthur S. Way. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1913.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library . This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain : Smith, William , ed. (1870). "Sangarius".Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology .
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