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Headword: Οἴαγρος
Adler number: omicroniota,6
Translated headword: Oiagros, Oeagrus
Vetting Status: high
Translation:

[No gloss.]

Greek Original:

Οἴαγρος.

Note:

Father of the legendary poet Orpheus (omicron 654), and ancestor of Homer according to the genealogy given in omicron 251. See (e.g.) Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 1.23-5; Diodorus Siculus 3.65.6. In Aelian, Varia Historia 14.21, he is later than Orpheus.

Reference:

RE Oiagros(1).

Keywords: biography; epic; historiography; poetry
Translated by: Malcolm Heath on 26 March 1999@11:37:07.
Vetted by:

David Whitehead (modified headword; corrected reference; rearranged translation, note, bibliography) on 23 January 2001@10:22:02.
David Whitehead (cosmetics) on 13 September 2002@08:13:01.
David Whitehead (another keyword; raised status) on 7 October 2007@08:13:57.

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