Bouzyges
Sign in to saveBouzyges ("Ox-yoker") is a culture hero from Greek mythology, credited with the invention of many agricultural practices; most notably, he was the first man to yoke oxen to a plough and introduced cultivation to Athens. He has sometimes been identified or confused with Epimenides, who visited and purified Athens.
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Bouzyges ("Ox-yoker") is a culture hero from Greek mythology, credited with the invention of many agricultural practices; most notably, he was the first man to yoke oxen to a plough and introduced cultivation to Athens. He has sometimes been identified or confused with Epimenides, who visited and purified Athens.
He appeared in Athenian literature in the 6th century BC, and Lasus of Hermione, the 6th century BC poet, mentioned him.