daughter of King Ogyges, namesake of the Boeotian town of Aulis
Aulis
Aulis is, in Greek mythology, the daughter of King Ogyges of Boeotia and the figure who gave her name to the Boeotian town of Aulis. She matters because her story offers a legendary explanation for the origin of a local place name.
The myth
According to tradition, Aulis was one of the daughters of King Ogyges, a legendary ruler of Boeotia. Along with her sisters Alacomenia and Thelxinoea, she formed the group known as the Praxidicae, goddesses who watched over oaths. Having divine sisters and a royal father places her among the legends surrounding the earliest history of Boeotia.
Other traditions presented her as a daughter of Euonymus, son of the river-god Cephissus, which changes her lineage without breaking her ties to the region. The sources offer no further episodes from her life, so her role is essentially to lend her name to the town.