proper nounChăraxusCHARAXVS☆ KeepMeaningOne of the LapithœLewis & Short 1879ModernAs printed, 1879CHARAXUSLEWIS & SHORTCHARAXUSChăraxus, i, m. I. One of the Lapithœ, Ov. M. 12, 272.—II. A brother of Sappho, Ov. H. 15, 117.Read the whole entryIn the Academy Smith's classical dictionariesBiography & mythologyCharaxusCharaxus (Χάραξος) of Mytilene, son of Scamandronvmus and brother of the famous Sappho, fell desperately in love with Rhodopis the hetaera at Naucrati…