Sangarius (; Ancient Greek: ) is a Phrygian Potamoi, river-god of Greek mythology.
Mythology
He is described as the son of the Titans Oceanus and his sister-wife Tethys (mythology), Tethys and as the husband of Metope (mythology), Metope, by whom he became the father of Hecuba. In some accounts, the mother was called the naiad Evagore (mythology), Evagora. Alternatively, Sangarius had a daughter Eunoë who became the mother of Hecabe by King Dymas of Phrygia, Dymas. He was also the father of Nana (Greek mythology), Nana and therefore the grandfather of Attis.
By Cybele, Sangarius became the father of Nicaea (mythology), Nicaea, mother of Telete by Dionysus. His other children were Sagaritis and Ocyrhoe, Ocyrrhoe.
The Sakarya River, Sangarius river in Phrygia (now Sakarya in Asian Turkey) itself is said to have derived its name from one Sangas, who had offended Rhea (mythology), Rhea and was punished by her by being changed into water.
[Scholiast on Apollonius of Rhodes'', Argonautica'' 2.722]
See also
* Peneus
* Alpheus (deity)
* Agdistis
Notes
References
* Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus), Apollodorus, ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.Greek text available from the same website
* Hesiod, ''Theogony'' from ''The Homeric Hymns and Homerica'' with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.Greek text available from the same website
* Nonnus, Nonnus of Panopolis, ''Dionysiaca'' translated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863-1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940.
Online version at the Topos Text Project.
* Nonnus of Panopolis, ''Dionysiaca. 3 Vols.'' W.H.D. Rouse. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1940–1942
Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library
* Ovid, Publius Ovidius Naso, ''Fasti'' translated by James G. Frazer
Online version at the Topos Text Project.
* Publius Ovidius Naso, ''Fasti.'' Sir James George Frazer. London; Cambridge, MA. William Heinemann Ltd.; Harvard University Press. 1933
Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library
* Quintus Smyrnaeus, ''The Fall of Troy'' translated by Way. A. S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 19. London: William Heinemann, 1913
Online version at theio.com
* Quintus Smyrnaeus, ''The Fall of Troy''. Arthur S. Way. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1913
Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library
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Potamoi
Phrygian characters in Greek mythology
Cybele
Sea and river gods
Greek gods
Characters in Greek mythology
Rhea (mythology)
Greek mythology of Anatolia
Metamorphoses into bodies of water in Greek mythology