ogyges, ogygus or ogygos ( or á½¬Î³ÏÎ³Î¿Ï) is a primeval mythological ruler in ancient greece, generally of boeotia,hammond and scullard, "ogygus" p. 748; pausanias, 9.5.1. but an alternative tradition makes him the first king of attica. ==etymology== though the original etymology and meaning are "uncertain",hammond and scullard, "ogygus" p. 748. the name ogyges may be related with the greek okeanos (á½¨ÎºÎµÎ±Î½ÏÏ, ocean) the titan who personified the great world ocean/river, believed to surround the earth disc.fontenrose, p. 236. the greek word ogygios (á½¨Î³ÏÎ³Î¹Î¿Ï), meaning ogygian, came to mean "primeval, primal," or "from earliest ages" and also "gigantic".liddell & scott, "á½¨Î³ÏÎ³Î¹Î¿Ï". ==ancient sources== ogyges is also known as king of the ectenes or hectenes who according to pausanias were the first inhabitants of boeotia, where the city of thebes would later be founded.entry "ogyges" in oskar seyffert, a dictionary of classical antiquities, revised and edited by henry nettleship and j.e. sandys, new york: meridian books, 1956. as such, he became the first ruler of thebes, which was, in that early time, named ogygia (á½¨Î³ÏÎ³Î¯Î±) after him. subsequently, poets referred to the thebans as ogygidae (á½¨Î³ÏÎ³Î¯Î´Î±Î¹).entry "ogyges" in e. h. blakeney, smith's smaller classical dictionary, everyman's library, london: j. m. dent and sons ltd., 1937. pausanias, writing from his travels in boeotia in the 2nd century ce, said: "the first to occupy the land of thebes are said to have been the ectenes, whose king was ogygus, an aboriginal. from his name is derived ogygian, which is an epithet of thebes used by most of the poets."pausanias, 9.5.1. but there are a number of competing stories about him in greek mythology. according to the scholiast of lycophron, it was the egyptian thebes that was the site of his kingdom similarly with aeschylus. stephanus byzantius, writing in the 6th century, says ogyges was the first king of lycia. in yet another version of the story, the boeotian tradition is combined with that of another part of greece: ogyges was king of the ectenes, who were the first people to occupy boeotia, but he and his people later settled the area then known as [[mo
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