(adjective) : Ōgyges, is, Ōgygus, i, and Ōgy-gĭus, ĭi, m., = Ὠγύγης, Ὤγυγος, Ὠγύγιος
* The mythic founder and king of Thebes, in Boetia, 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
* Ōgygĭ-dae, ārum, m., the descendants of Ogyges, poet. for the Thebans, Stat. Th. 2, 586.
* Ōgygĭus, a, um, , = 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.