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

  1. ↑ Hesiod, Catalogue of Women fr. 10(a); Bibliotheca 1. 7. 3
  2. ↑ Scholia on Homer. Odyssey, 11.235
  3. ↑ 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
  4. ↑ Homer, Odyssey, 11. 259
  5. ↑ Bibliotheca 1. 9. 11
  6. ↑ Tzetzes on Lycophron, 175
  7. ↑ Pindar, Nemean Ode, 4. 57
  8. ↑ Bibliotheca 3. 13. 2
  9. ↑ Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 1. 601
  10. ↑ Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, 4. 60. 2


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