Ogyges: Difference between revisions

|lshtext=<b>Ōgyges</b>: is, Ōgygus, i, and Ōgy-gĭus, ĭi, m., = Ὠγύγης, Ὤγυγος, [[Ὠγύγιος]]>,<br /><b>I</b> the mythic [[founder]] and [[king]] of [[Thebes]], in Bœtia, in whose [[reign]] a [[great]] [[deluge]] is said to [[have]] occurred: [[oppidum]] [[Thebae]], [[quod]] rex [[Ogyges]] aedificarit, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 2: [[ante]] cataclysmon Ogygi, id. ib. § 3: hoc [[factum]] Ogyge rege dicebant, Varr. Fragm. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 21, 8.—Form Ogygus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 179 Müll.—Form [[Ogygius]], Aug. Civ. Dei, 18, 8.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Ōgygĭ-dae, ārum, m., the descendants of [[Ogyges]], [[poet]]. for the Thebans, Stat. Th. 2, 586.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Ōgygĭus, a, um, adj., = [[Ὠγύγιος]]>, Ogygian, [[poet]]. for Theban: [[deus]], i. e. [[Bacchus]], [[who]] [[was]] [[especially]] honored at [[Thebes]], Ov. H. 10, 48; also, [[Lyaeus]], Luc. 1, 675: [[populus]], the Thebans, Sen. Oedip. 589: [[chelys]], i. e. of [[Amphion]], [[king]] of [[Thebes]], Sid. Carm. 16, 3: [[Ogygia]] [[moenia]], i. e. [[Thebae]], Paul. ex Fest. p. 178 Müll.