Cragus

Cragus

Cragus or Cragos or Kragos (Greek: Κράγος) may refer to several different things in the ancient world, including:


geography
  1. Mount Cragus, a peak in ancient Lycia
  2. Mount Cragus, a peak in ancient Cilicia
  3. Cragus, a city of Lydia, located near Mount Cragus (#1)
  4. Cragus, a city of Cilicia, located near Mount Cragus (#2)
mythology

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  • CRAGUS — mons Ciliciae, Tauri pars. Plin. l. 5. c. 27. ex opposito habens montem Anticragum. Aliis est mons Lyciae. Sic dictus a Crago Tremiletis (alias Trenedeti) et Praxidicae nymphae filio. Ovid. l. 9. Met. v. 645. Iam Cragon, et Lymiren, Xanthique… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • Cragus (Lycia) — Cragus or Cragos or Kragos (Greek: Κράγος) was an ancient city of Lycia, Asia Minor near or on Mount Cragus; its location is in modern day Turkey (most likely in Muğla Province). Strabo (p. 665), describes Cragus as a city amidst Mount Cragus.… …   Wikipedia

  • Cragus (mythology) — Cragus or Kragos is a Lycian god identified with Zeus, and humanized into a son of Tremiles. It is after Cragus that Mount Cragus was named. Cragus was worshiped as the god of victory and strength. This article relating to a European myth or… …   Wikipedia

  • Cragus (Cilicia) — Cragus or Cragos or Kragos (Greek: Κράγος) was an ancient city in Cilicia, Asia Minor at the foot of Mount Cragus; its location is in modern day Antalya Province, Turkey. Some scholars claim that it is the same city as Antiochia ad Cragum.… …   Wikipedia

  • Mount Cragus — or Mount Cragos or Mount Kragos (Greek: Κράγος) – also recorded as Hiera Acra – is a mountain in Turkey, in what was formerly ancient Lycia, Asia Minor. Map of Lycia showing significant ancient cities and some major mountains and rivers. Red dots …   Wikipedia

  • Mount Cragus (Cilicia) — Mount Cragus or Mount Cragos or Mount Kragos (Greek: Κράγος) was a mountain in ancient Cilicia, Asia Minor; its location is in modern day Antalya Province, Turkey. At its foot was Antiochia ad Cragum. References  This… …   Wikipedia

  • КРАГ —    • Cragus,          Κράγος, см. Cilicia, Киликия, и Lycia, Ликия …   Реальный словарь классических древностей

  • Antiochia ad Cragum — ( el. Αντιόχεια του Κράγου) also known as Antiochetta or Latin: Antiochia Parva (meaning small Antiochia ) is an ancient Hellenistic city on Cragus (or Cragos or Kragos) mountain overlooking the Mediterranean coast, in the region of Cilicia… …   Wikipedia

  • Pinara — This article is about the ancient Lycian city. For other uses, see Pinara (disambiguation). Crag with rock cut tombs towering over Pinara situated on a round mass of rock, believed to have given the ancient city its name. Pinara (Lycian: Pilleñni …   Wikipedia

  • Çatalhöyük — (Turkish pronunciation: [tʃaˈtaɫhøjyc]; also Çatal Höyük and Çatal Hüyük, or any of the three without diacritics; çatal is Turkish for fork , höyük for mound ) was a very large Neolithic and Chalcolithic settlement in southern Anatolia,… …   Wikipedia

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