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In Greek mythology, Creusa (/kriˈsə/; Ancient Greek: Κρέουσα Kreousa "princess" ) was an Athenian princess.

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Creusa of Athens

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Creusa (/kriˈuːsə/; Ancient Greek: Κρέουσα Kreousa "princess" ) was an Athenian princess. Creusa was the youngest daughter of Erechtheus, King of Athens...

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Creusa

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daughter of Erechtheus, King of Athens and his wife, Praxithea. Creusa, also known by the name Glauce, was the daughter of King Creon of Corinth, Greece...

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List of demigods

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Ion: son of Apollo and Creusa of Athens. Creusa abandoned Ion when he was just a child, so he was raised by a priestess of Delphi. They eventually reunited...

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Erechtheus

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his wife Praxithea, of sons: Cecrops, Pandorus, Metion and of six daughters, the eldest was Protogeneia, Pandora, Procris, Creusa, Oreithyia and Chthonia...

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Xuthus

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legitimate son to Athens. Variation's of Xuthus paternity regarding Ion are that he is the true father, that he has been tricked by Apollo and Creusa, or that...

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Women in classical Athens

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The study of the lives of women in classical Athens has been a significant part of classical scholarship since the 1970s. The knowledge of Athenian women's...

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Orithyia of Athens

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was sister to Cecrops, Pandorus, Metion, Protogeneia, Pandora, Procris, Creusa, and Chthonia. Her other possible siblings were Merope, Orneus, Thespius...

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Medea in Corinto

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of Athens arrives in Corinth. He had been promised Creusa as his bride. Finding he has been rejected, he makes a pact with Medea. As Jason and Creusa are...

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Creon

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eponymous archon of Athens, 682–681 BC Creon (king of Thebes), mythological king of Thebes Creon (king of Corinth), father of Creusa/Glauce in Euripides'...

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Gaia

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"mother of the gods" is a form of Gaia. According to Pausanias an epithet of Ge in Athens is "the Great goddess", which is an apellation of the "Mother of the...

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Jason

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In Corinth, Jason became engaged to marry Creusa (sometimes referred to as Glauce), a daughter of the King of Corinth, to strengthen his political ties...

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Medea

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depicts the ending of her union with Jason, when after ten years of marriage, Jason intends to abandon her to wed King Creon's daughter Creusa. Jason argues...

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Hecuba

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children of Hecuba by Priam are Helenus, Deiphobus, Laodice, Polyxena, Creusa, Polydorus, Polites, Antiphus, Pammon, Hipponous and Iliona. Hecuba appears...

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Greek chorus

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2011. "Choroi Achoroi: The Athenian Politics of Tragic Choral Identity." In Why Athens?: A Reappraisal of Tragic Politics. Edited by David M. Carter, 245–268...

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Sophalexios

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the son of Jason, leader of the Argonauts, and Creusa, the daughter of Creon, king of Corinth. As Jason was still married to Medea, daughter of King Aeetes...

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Erinyes

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sanctuary in Athens dedicated to the Erinyes under the name Semnai: Hard by [the Areopagos the murder court of Athens] is a sanctuary of the goddesses...

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Sophocles

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playwright in the dramatic competitions of the city-state of Athens which took place during the religious festivals of the Lenaea and the Dionysia. He competed...

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Metion

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son of King Erechtheus and Praxithea, daughter of Phrasimus and Diogeneia. Metion was the brother of Cecrops, Pandorus, Protogeneia, Pandora, Creusa, Procris...

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Ancient Roman sarcophagi

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compare the deceased to Medea, but rather to Creusa. Showing Creusa perfectly happy and youthful in the first half of the imagery and immediately following it...

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Pandorus

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He was the brother of Metion, Cecrops, Protogeneia, Pandora, Procris, Creusa, Oreithyia and Chthonia. Pandorus' possible siblings were Orneus, Thespius...

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Daphne

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sources variously to have been a daughter of the (1) Thessalian river god Peneus by the nymph Creusa, or of (2) another Arcadian river-deity Ladon (Orontes)...

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Apollo

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Apollo fathered Ion by Creusa, wife of Xuthus. He used his powers to conceal her pregnancy from her father. Later, when Creusa left Ion to die in the...

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Metopes of the Parthenon

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characters walk) was the flight of Aeneas, then the female figure of north XXVII could also be Creusa. Metope North XXVIII is one of the most "charged", with...

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List of Trojan War characters

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This is a list of mythological characters who appear in narratives concerning the Trojan War. * See Catalogue of Ships ** See Trojan Battle Order This...

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