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Ancient Greek: Χρυσόθεμις, "golden law") is a name ascribed to several female characters in Greek mythology.[1]
- Chrysothemis, daughter of Carmator and the first winner of the oldest contest held at the Pythian Games, the singing of a hymn to Apollo. She was the wife of Staphylus or a lover of Apollo.[2][3][4]
- Chrysothemis, a Hesperide pictured and named on an ancient vase together with Asterope, Hygieia and Lipara.[5]
- Chrysothemis, daughter of Danaus. She married (and killed) Asterides, son of Aegyptus.[6]
- Electra.
Notes
- ^ Smith 1873, s.v. Chryso'themis (1).
- ^ Pausanias, 10.7.2
- ^ Parada, s.v. Chrysothemis (2), p. 47; Diodorus Siculus, 5.62; Rigoglioso, The Cult of Divine Birth in Ancient Greece p. 113; Smith 1873, s.v. Rhoeo, Pa'rthenos
- De Astronomica 2.25
- ^ Walters, Henry Beauchamp (1905). History of Ancient Pottery: Greek, Etruscan, and Roman: Based on the Work of Samuel Birch. Vol. 2. pp. 92.
- Fabulae 170
- ^ Homer, Iliad 9.287
- ^ Apollodorus, Epitome 2.16
References
- Avery, Catherine B. The New Century Classical Handbook, Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1962. p. 284.
- Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
- Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888-1890. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Grimal, Pierre, The Dictionary of Classical Mythology, Wiley-Blackwell, 1996, ISBN 978-0-631-20102-1. "Carmanor"
- Hyginus, Gaius Julius, Astronomica from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Hyginus, Gaius Julius, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. .
- Manas, John H., Divination Ancient and Modern: An Historical Archaeological and Philosophical Approach to Seership and Christian Religion, Kessinger Publishing, 2004. ISBN 978-1-4179-4991-5. p. 121
- Parada, Carlos, Genealogical Guide to Greek Mythology, Jonsered, Paul Åströms Förlag, 1993. ISBN 978-91-7081-062-6.
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Perseus Encyclopedia, "Chrysothemis"
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- Rigoglioso, Marguerite, The Cult of Divine Birth in Ancient Greece, Macmillan, 2009. ISBN 978-0-230-61477-2. p. 113.
- Smith, William; Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London (1873).
- Smith, William; A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London (1890).
- Walters, Henry Beauchamp and Samuel Birch, History of ancient pottery: Greek, Etruscan, and Roman, Volume 2, J. Murray, 1905. p.92.