Atrax

, son of Ætolus, or, according to others, of the river Peneus. He was king of The aly, and built a town which he called Atrax or Atracia. This town became so famous that the word Atracias has been applied to any inhabitant of The aly. He was father of Hippo dam i a, who married Pirithous, and whom we must not confound with the wife of Pelops, who bore the same name. Pro pert i us , bk. 1 , poem 8, li. 25 .— Statius , bk. 1 , Thebiad , li. 106 .— Ovid , Metamorphoses , bk. 12 , li. 209 .――A city of The aly, whence the epithet of Atracius.――A river of Ætolia, which falls into the Ionian sea.