I.King of Phrygia, son of Tros, brother of Ganymede and Ilus, father of Capys, and grandfather of Anchises, Ov. M. 11, 756.—Hence, Assaraci nurus, Venus, Ov. F. 4, 123: Assaraci Frater, Ganymede, a constellation (Aquarius), id. ib. 4, 943: “Assaraci gens,” i. e. the Romans, Verg. A. 9, 643.
Assărăcus , i, m., = Ἀσσάρακος,