Tragasus

In Greek mythology, Tragasus (Τράγασος) or Cragasus (Κράγασος) was the father of Philonome, the deceitful wife of Cycnus.[1][2] The name Tragasus may be connected with the Tragasaean salt-pan near Hamaxitus, mentioned by Strabo, which was located south of Troy.[3] Stephanus of Byzantium mentions Tragasus as the eponym of Tragasae in Troad, and adds that Poseidon was believed to once have done him a favor by turning the sea water into solid matter.[4] The connection between him and the placename is also confirmed in the Etymologicum Magnum.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, Epitome of Book 4. 3. 24
  2. ↑ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 10. 14. 2
  3. ↑ Strabo, Geography, 13. 1. 48
  4. ↑ Stephanus of Byzantium s. v. Tragasai
  5. ↑ Etymologicum Magnum, 763. 25


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