Ōgyges, is, Ōgygus, i, and Ōgy-gĭus, ĭi, m., = Ὠγύγης, Ὤγυγος, Ὠγύγιος,
I the mythic founder and king of Thebes , in Boeotia , 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 Ōgygĭ-dae , ārum, m., the descendants of Ogyges , poet. for the Thebans , Stat. Th. 2, 586.—
B Ōgygĭus , a, um, adj., = Ὠγύγιος, 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.