Ogyges

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Ōgyges: is, Ōgygus, i, and Ōgy-gĭus, ĭi, m., = Ὠγύγης, Ὤγυγος, Ὠγύγιος,
I 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,
   A Ōgygĭ-dae, ārum, m., the descendants of Ogyges, poet. for the Thebans, Stat. Th. 2, 586.—
   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.