Chryse (mythology)
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In Greek mythology, the name Chryse (Ancient Greek: Χρύση or Χρυσῆ "golden") may refer to:
- Chryse, daughter of Almus, a lover of Ares and mother of Phlegyas.[1]
- Chryse, a nymph or minor goddess of Lemnos (or of Chryse Island) who lured Philoctetes away from his companions which resulted in him bitten by a snake.[2] Some sources state that Chryse was a local epithet of Athena, and the misfortune happened to Philoctetes next to her altar, which the snake was guarding.[3][4] The altar was said to have been set up by Jason.[5]
- Chryse, daughter of Pallas and consort of Dardanus.[6]
- Chryse, daughter of Timander, sister of Eurytione, Hellotis and Cottyto, from Corinth.[7]
- Chryse, a surname of Aphrodite on Lesbos.[8]
References
- ↑ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 9. 36. 1
- ↑ Hyginus, Fabulae, 102
- ↑ Sophocles, Philoctetes, 1327
- ↑ Tzetzes on Lycophron, 911
- ↑ Philostratus the Younger, Images, 17
- ↑ Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities, 1. 68. 3
- ↑ Scholia on Pindar, Olympian Ode 13. 56b. See Eurythemis for an alternate version.
- ↑ Scholia on Homer, Iliad, 3. 64
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