Cretheus
In Greek mythology, Cretheus (/ˈkriːθiəs, -θjuːs/; Greek: Κρηθεύς Krētheus) was the king and founder of Iolcus, the son of Aeolus (son of Hellen) by either Enarete[1] or Laodice[2]. His wives were Tyro and either Demodice or Biadice.[3] With Tyro, he fathered Aeson, Pheres, and Amythaon.[4][5][6] He also had several daughters, namely Hippolyte, future wife of Acastus[7] (otherwise known as Astydameia[8]); Myrina, who married Thoas;[9] and an unnamed daughter, who became the mother of Asterius by Teutamus.[10]
References
- ^ Hesiod, Catalogue of Women fr. 10(a); Bibliotheca 1. 7. 3
- ^ Scholia on Homer. Odyssey, 11.235
- ^ 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 Rhodius, Argonautica, 1. 601
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, 4. 60. 2
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