In Greek mythology, Cretheus or Krētheus (Ancient Greek: Κρηθεύς) was the king and founder of Iolcus, the son of Aeolus (son of Hellen) and Enarete.[1] His wives were Tyro and either Demodice or Biadice.[2] With Tyro, he fathered Aeson, Pheres, and Amythaon.[3][4][5] He also had several daughters, namely Hippolyte, future wife of Acastus[6] (otherwise known as Astydameia[7]); Myrina, who married Thoas;[8] and an unnamed daughter, who became the mother of Asterius by Teutamus.[9]
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- ↑ Hesiod, Catalogue of Women fr. 10(a); Bibliotheca 1. 7. 3
- ↑ Gaius Julius Hyginus, Astronomica, 2. 20; she unsuccessfully tried to seduce Phrixus and falsely accused him of an attempt to rape her, cf. the stories of Phaedra and Hippolytus, Stheneboea and Bellerophon, Astydameia and Peleus, Phthia/Clytia and Phoenix, Philonome and Tenes, Ochne and Eunostus
- ↑ Homer, Odyssey, 11. 259
- ↑ Bibliotheca 1. 9. 11
- ↑ Tzetzes on Lycophron, 175
- ↑ Pindar, Nemean Ode, 4. 57
- ↑ Bibliotheca 3. 13. 2
- ↑ Scholia on Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica, 1. 601
- ↑ Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, 4. 60. 2
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