Oaxes

In Greek mythology, Oaxes or Oaxos ({{langx|grc|Ὄαξος}}) was the founder of the town of Oaxus within Crete,L Schmitz, [https://books.google.com/books?id=Gx0QAAAAYAAJ&dq=Stratocles&pg=PA923 A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Volume 3], J Baylis 1873 (ed. W Smith) [Retrieved 2015-04-09] a place known to Servius and Herodotus. He was the son of the god Apollo either by the Cretan nymph AnchialeMaurus Servius Honoratus, Commentary on the Eclogues of Vergil 1.65 or Acacallis, daughter of Minos.Stephanus of Byzantium s. v. Oaxes Apollonius wrote in Argonautica of Crete being the Oaxian land. Vibius Sequester wrote the river Oaxes gave its name (to the city Oaxia). The river Oaxes was, according to Baudrand, very cold.Publius Vergilius Maro, John Martyn, [https://books.google.com/books?id=hixeAAAAcAAJ&dq=Oaxes&pg=PA29 Bucolicorum Eclogae Decem ; The Bucolicks of Virgil with an English Translation and Notes (p. 29)], Reily, 1749 (Original from Austrian National Library) [Retrieved 2015-04-08]