Assaracus

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Assărăcus: i, m., = Ἀσσάρακος,
I King of Phrygia, son of Tros, brother of Ganymede and Ilus, father of Capys, and grandfather of Anchises, Ov. M. 11, 756.—Hence, Assaraci nurus, Venus, Ov. F. 4, 123: Assaraci Frater, Ganymede, a constellation (Aquarius), id. ib. 4, 943: Assaraci gens, i. e. the Romans, Verg. A. 9, 643.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Assărăcus,¹² ī, m. (Ἀσσάρακος), roi de Troie, aïeul d’Anchise : Ov. M. 11, 756 ; Assaraci nurus Ov. F. 4, 123, Vénus || frater Assaraci Ov. F. 4, 943, Ganymède, une constellation || gens Assaraci Virg. En. 9, 643, les Romains.

Latin > German (Georges)

Assaracus, ī, m. (Ἀσσάρακος), Sohn des Tros, Vater des Kapys, Großvater des Anchises u. Bruder des Ganymedes u. Ilus, Enn. ann. 31. Acc. tr. 653² u. 653³. Ov. met. 11, 756. Ov. fast. 4, 34 (wo griech. Akk. Assaracon neben Nom. Assaracus): dah. Assaraci nurus, Venus, Ov. fast. 4, 123: frater Assaraci, Ganymedes, ein Gestirn (der Wassermann), Ov. fast. 4, 943: Assaraci tellus, Troja, Hor. epod. 13, 13: domus Assaraci, die Römer, Verg. Aen. 9, 643.

Wikipedia EN

In Greek mythology, Assaracus (/əˈsærəkəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἀσσάρακος Assarakos) was a king of Dardania.

Callirhoe, daughter of Scamander, or Acallaris, daughter of Eumedes. He was the brother of Ilus, Ganymede, Cleopatra and possibly of Cleomestra. Assaracus married Hieromneme, daughter of Simoeis; others say his wife was Clytodora, daughter of Laomedon. By either of them, he became the father of his son and heir Capys.

According to a less common version, Aesyetes and Cleomestra were also mentioned as parents of Assaracus. In this account, his brothers were Alcathous and Antenor. In some versions of the myth, Ganymedes was not a brother of Assaracus but also a son of Assaracus.

Assaracus inherited the throne of Dardania when his elder brother Ilus preferred to reign instead over his newly founded city of Ilium (which also became known as Troy). When he died, the kingship passed to his son Capys. As a tribute to all his good work, Assaracus was buried in the midst of Troy, close to the temple of Athena and the later palace of Priam.