Cragus (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Cragus () was a Lycian god identified with Zeus, and humanized into a son of Tremiles, eponym of Tremile which was afterwards named Lycia.

Family

Cragus' mother was the nymph Praxidice, daughter of Ogygus, and brother of Tlos, Pinarus and Xanthus. Cragus may be identical with the figure of the same name mentioned as the husband of Milye, sister-wife of Solymus, eponym of the Solymi. Possibly by Milye, he became the father of Chelidon, mother of Sidymus (eponym of Sidyma).

Mythology

It was after Cragus that Mount Cragus and/or the city of Cragus were named. He was worshipped as the god of victory and strength.

Notes

References

• Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.