Anaxias (Ancient Greek: Ἀναξίας means 'command, behest') or Anaxis (Ἄναξις means 'bringing up, raising up') was in Greek and Roman mythology a son of Castor and Hilaeira,[1] and cousin of Mnasinus, with whom he is usually mentioned. The temple of the Dioscuri at Argos contained also the statues of these two sons of the Dioscuri,[2] and on the throne of Amyclae both were represented riding on horseback.[3] In some accounts, he was called Anogon.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ Propertius, Elegies 1.1
  2. ^ Pausanias, 2.22.5
  3. ^ Pausanias, 3.18.7
  4. ^ Apollodorus, 3.13.4

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Schmitz, Leonhard (1870). "Anaxias". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 164.


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