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

(Οἴαγρος), a king of Thrace, and father of Orpheus and Linus (Apollod. 1.3.2 ; Orph. Argon. 73; Ov. lb. 484). Hence the sisters of Orpheus are called Oeagrides, in the sense of the Muses. (Mosch. 3.37.)

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