In
Greek mythology,
Tragasus (Τράγασος) or
Cragasus (Κράγασος) was the father of Philonome, the deceitful wife of Cycnus. The name Tragasus may be connected with the Tragasaean salt-pan near
Hamaxitus, mentioned by
Strabo, which was located south of
Troy.
Stephanus of Byzantium mentions Tragasus as the
eponym of Tragasae in
Troad, and adds that
Poseidon was believed to once have done him a favor by turning the sea water into solid matter. The connection between him and the placename is also confirmed in the
Etymologicum Magnum.