Anax

American  

[an-aks] / ˈæn æks /

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. one of the Gigantes and father of Asterius.

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Example Sentences

John Murray the Second—the "Anax of Publishers," according to Lord Byron—was born on November 27, 1778.

From A Publisher and His Friends Memoir and Correspondence of John Murray; with an Account of the Origin and Progress of the House, 1768-1843 by Smiles, Samuel

Allegory—I mean Anax andrōn on banks of Nile!

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, September 17, 1892 by Various

I am indebted to this naturalist for the following facts on Hetærina, Anax, and Gomphus.

From The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I by Darwin, Charles

Notwithstanding such a catch—he used to vow that she was more resplendent than even Anax Imperator—he continued to take an interest in dragon-flies, until his monograph was unluckily forestalled a few years later.

From Poor Relations by MacKenzie, Compton

Anax andron Agamemnon—what Greek could hear a man so spoken of, and dream he compounded of common clay?

From The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 by Morris, Kenneth