A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

(Ὄαξος), or OAXUS, the mythical founder of the town of Oaxus in Crete, is said by some to have been a son of Acacallis, the daughter of Minos (Steph. Byz. s. v. Ὄαξος), and by others a son of Apollo by Anchiale. (Serv. ad Virg. Ecl. 1.66.)

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