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—the Idaean Dactyls of Crete, whom once the nymph Anchiale, as she grasped with both hands the land of Oaxus, bare in the Dictaean cave."

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Commentary on the Eclogues of Vergil

1.65

[65] scythiam regio septentrionalis. et rapidum cretae oaxen hoc est lutulentum, quod rapit cretam. cretam terram al- bam dixit: nam Oaxes fluvius Mesopotamiae, qui rapiens velocitate sua albam terram turbulentus efficitur. vel Oaxes fluvius Scythiae: in Creta insula non est; sed est aqua cretei coloris. Oaxen Phili- sthenes ait Apollinis et Anchiales filium: hunc Oaxen in Creta op- pidum condidisse, quod suo nomine nominavit, ut Varro ait "quos magno Anchiale partus adducta dolore et geminis capiens tellurem Oeaxida palmis †scindere dicta".

Stephanus of Byzantium edit

August Meineke, pp. 23–24

s.v. "Anchiale"

Anchiale: Ἀγχιάλη, πόλις Κιλικίας παραθαλασσία [πρὸς] τῇ Ταρσῷ καὶ Ζεφυρίῳ. ἔστι δὲ κτίσμα Ἀγχιάλης τῆς Ἰαπετοῦ θυγατρός, ὡς Ἀθηνόδωρος περὶ τῆς αὐτοῦ πατρίδος γράφων καὶ παρατιθεὶς Διόδωρον τὸν γραμματικὸν συμφωνοῦντα Πτολεμαίῳ βασιλεῖ 'γίνεται δ´ Ἰαπετοῦ θυγάτηρ Ἀγχιάλη, καὶ κτίζει πόλιν Ἀγχιάλην, Ἀγχιαλέα τε τὸν παρακείμενον ποταμόν. γεννᾷ δ´ υἱὸν Κύδνον, ἀφ´ οὗ ποταμὸς Κύδνος ἐν Ταρσῷ, ὁ δὲ Κύδνος υἱὸν Παρθένιον, ἀφ´ οὗ ἡ πόλις μετωνομάσθη Παρθενία. μεταπεσόντος δὲ τοῦ ὀνόματος Ταρσὸς ἐκλήθη. τινὲς δέ φασι Σαρδανάπαλλον δύο πόλεις κτίσαι, Ἀγχιάλην σὺν Ταρσῷ, οὗ ἐστι καὶ τὸ ἐπίγραμμα ὧδε 'ταῦτ´ ἔχω, ὅσς´ ἔφαγον καὶ ἐφύβρισα καὶ μετ´ ἔρωτος τερπνὰ πάθον. τὰ δὲ πολλὰ καὶ ὄλβια κεῖνα λέλειπται. Σαρδανάπαλλος ὁ Κυνδαράξεω παῖς Ἀγχιάλην καὶ Ταρσὸν ἔδειμεν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ μιῇ. ἔσθιε πῖνε παῖζε, ὡς τἆλλα τούτου οὐκ ἄξια'. τοῦ ἀποκροτήματος. λέγεται δὲ καὶ Ἀγχιάλεια, ὡς Διονύσιος ὁ περιηγητής. ὁ πολίτης Ἀγχιαλεύς, ὡς Σινώπη Σινωπεύς. ἔστι δὲ καὶ Ἰλλυρίας ἄλλη, κτίσμα Παρίων, παρ´ ᾗ κόλπος Ἐνεστηδὼν λεγόμενος, ἐν ᾧ ἡ Σχερία. ὁ πολίτης ὁ αὐτός.

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Smith

"Anchiale"

Anchi'ale

(Ἀγχιάλη), a daughter of Japetus and mother of Cydnus, who was believed to have founded the town of Anchiale in Cilicia. (Steph. Byz. s. v.) Another personage of this name occurs in Apollon. 1.1130.

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"Oaxes"

Oaxes

(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.)