ōgўges — Lewis & Short
ōgўges, is, ōgўgus, i, and ōgў-gĭus, ĭi, m., = *)wgu/ghs, *)/wgugos, *)wgu/gios,
I the mythic founder and king of Thebes, in Bœtia, in whose reign a great deluge is said to have occurred:
oppidum Thebae, quod rex Ogyges aedificarit,Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 2:
ante cataclysmon Ogygi,id. ib. § 3: hoc factum Ogyge rege dicebant, Varr. Fragm. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 21, 8.—Form Ogygus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 179 Müll.—Form Ogygius, Aug. Civ. Dei, 18, 8.—Hence,
A ōgўgĭ-dae, ārum, m., the descendants of Ogyges, poet. for the Thebans, Stat. Th. 2, 586.—
B ōgўgĭus, a, um, adj., = *)wgu/gios, Ogygian, poet. for Theban:
deus,i. e. Bacchus, who was especially honored at Thebes, Ov. H. 10, 48; also,
Lyaeus,Luc. 1, 675:
populus,the Thebans, Sen. Oedip. 589:
chelys,i. e. of Amphion, king of Thebes, Sid. Carm. 16, 3: Ogygia moenia, i. e. Thebae, Paul. ex Fest. p. 178 Müll.