Anaxias (Ancient Greek: Ἀναξίας means 'command, behest') or Anaxis (Ἄναξις means 'bringing up, raising up') was in Greek and Roman mythology a son of Castor and Hilaeira, [1] and cousin of Mnasinus, with whom he is usually mentioned. The temple of the Dioscuri at Argos contained also the statues of these two sons of the Dioscuri, [2] and on the throne of Amyclae both were represented riding on horseback. [3] In some accounts, he was called Anogon. [4]
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Schmitz, Leonhard (1870). "Anaxias". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology . Vol. 1. p. 164.