Sangarius (mythology)

Sangarius (mythology)

Sangarius (Gr. polytonic|Σαγγάριος) is a Phrygian river-god of Greek mythology.Citation
last = Schmitz
first = Leonhard
author-link =
contribution = Sangarius
editor-last = Smith
editor-first = William
title = Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
volume = 1
pages = 706
publisher =
place = Boston
year = 1867
contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/3039.html
] He is described as the son of Oceanus and Tethys, and as the husband of Metope, by whom he became the father of Hecuba. [Hesiod, "Theogony" 344] [Apollodorus, iii. 12. § 5] He is also the father of Nana and therefore the grandfather of Attis.Citation | last = | first = | author-link = | contribution = Sangarius | editor-last = Turner | editor-first = Patricia | title = Dictionary of Ancient Deities | volume = 1 | pages = 412 | publisher = Oxford University Press | place = Oxford | year = | contribution-url = ] The Sakarya River (in Phrygia) itself is said to have derived its name from one Sangas, who had offended Rhea, and was punished lay her by being changed into water. ["Scholiast on Apollonius of Rhodes" ii. 722]

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