Tragasus

In Greek mythology, Tragasus (Τράγασος) or Cragasus (Κράγασος) was the father of Philonome, the deceitful wife of Cycnus.^[1]^[2] The name Tragasus may be connected with the Tragasaean salt-pan near Hamaxitus, mentioned by Strabo, which was located south of Troy.^[3] Stephanus of Byzantium mentions Tragasus as the eponym of Tragasae in Troad, and adds that Poseidon was believed to once have done him a favor by turning the sea water into solid matter.^[4] The connection between him and the placename is also confirmed in the Etymologicum Magnum.^[5]

References

^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, Epitome of Book 4. 3. 24
^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 10. 14. 2
^ Strabo, Geography, 13. 1. 48
^ Stephanus of Byzantium s. v. Tragasai
^ Etymologicum Magnum, 763. 25

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[1] Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, Epitome of Book 4. 3. 24

[2] Pausanias, Description of Greece, 10. 14. 2

[3] Strabo, Geography, 13. 1. 48

[4] Stephanus of Byzantium s. v. Tragasai

[5] Etymologicum Magnum, 763. 25

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