Sangarius (mythology)

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Sangarius (Gr. Σαγγάριος) is a Phrygian river-god of Greek mythology.[1] He is described as the son of Oceanus and Tethys, and as the husband of Metope, by whom he became the father of Hecuba.[2][3] He is also the father of Nana and therefore the grandfather of Attis.[4] The Sakarya River (in Phrygia) itself is said to have derived its name from one Sangas, who had offended Rhea, and was punished lay her by being changed into water.[5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867), “Sangarius”, in Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston, pp. 706 
  2. ^ Hesiod, Theogony 344
  3. ^ Apollodorus, iii. 12. § 5
  4. ^ Turner, Patricia, ed., “Sangarius”, Dictionary of Ancient Deities, vol. 1, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 412 
  5. ^ Scholiast on Apollonius of Rhodes ii. 722

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