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== Family ==
Stories of Ogyges's descent differs widely. Besides Ogyges being one of the aborigines of Boeotia, there are tales that regard him as the son of [[Poseidon]] (by [[Alistra (mythology)|Alistra]]),<ref name=":0">[[Tzetzes]] ad [[Lycophron]], [https://topostext.org/work/860#1206 1206] [https://archive.org/details/isaakioukaiiann00mlgoog/page/950/mode/1up?view=theater (Gk text)]</ref>{{AI-generated source|date=November 2024}} [[Boeotus (son of Poseidon)|Boeotus]]<ref>[[Corinna]], 671 as cited in [[Denys Page|D.L. Page]], ''Poetae melici graeci'' (1962)</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=[[Simon Hornblower|Hornblower, Simon]]|title=Lykophron, Alexandra: Greek Text, Translation, Commentary, and Introduction|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2015|location=Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, OX2 6DP, United Kingdom|pages=432}}</ref> or even [[Cadmus]]{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}. In one account, '''Ogygias''' (a variant of Ogyges) was referred as the son of [[Zeus]] and [[Eurynome]], daughter of [[Asopus]]<ref>[[Clementine literature|Pseudo-Clement]], ''Recognitions'' [[iarchive:gri_000033125008629871/page/123/mode/1up|10, p. 123, ll. 37-38]]</ref>. [[Theophilus of Antioch|Theophilus]], in the 2nd century (''Apologia ad Autolycum''), says he was one of the [[Titan (mythology)|Titans]].

Ogyges was the husband of [[Thebe (Greek myth)|Thebe]], from whom the land of Thebes in Greece is said to derive its name.<ref>Tzetzes ad Lycophron, [https://topostext.org/work/860#1206 1206] [https://archive.org/details/isaakioukaiiann00mlgoog/page/n1012/mode/1up?view=theater (Gk text)] with the historian Lycus as the authority</ref>{{AI-generated source|date=November 2024}} His children are listed variously as two sons: [[Eleusis (mythology)|Eleusinus]]<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], 1.38.7</ref> (for whom the city Eleusis was named) and Cadmus (noted above as his father in other traditions); and three daughters: [[Aulis (mythology)|Aulis]], [[Alalcomenia]], and [[Thelxinoë|Thelxinia]].<ref name="stoa.org">''[[Suda]]'' s.v. [http://www.stoa.org/sol-bin/search.pl?login=guest&enlogin=guest&db=REAL&field=adlerhw_gr&searchstr=pi,2212 ''Praxidike'']</ref>