River in Caria, southern Asia Minor. Meander is father of Cyanee, Samia and Calamos. Cyanee married Miletus, son of Apollo, as some call him, and had by him Byblis and Caunus who fell in love with each other. Samia married Ancaeus, the king of Samos, and had several children by him. Calamos fell in love with Carpos, a beautiful young man, and out of grief for the death of Carpos, he threw himself in the river Meander and sank. Thus he gave his form to the reeds which took his name.
River in Asia Minor flowing into the Black Sea. Sangarius is father by Metope of Queen Hecabe of Troy. He also had a daughter who took the fruit of an almond tree which had grown up from the sexual organ of Agdistis, which the gods had cut off, and found herself pregnant. He gave birth to Attis, a Lydian dear to the goddess Cybele, who went mad and castrated himself.
Last modified: Fri Dec 3, 1999 / Jeremiah Genest