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A deity in Greek mythology
This article is about Creusa, the naiad daughter of Gaia. For other characters named Creusa, see
Creusa .
In
Greek mythology , Creusa (;
Ancient Greek : Κρέουσα Kreousa "princess" ) was a
Naiad and daughter of
Gaia . She bore
Hypseus , future king of the
Lapiths and
Stilbe to the river god
Peneus .
[1] Through Hypseus she was grandmother of
Cyrene , one of the best known lovers of
Apollo while her daughter Stilbe gave birth to twin sons to Apollo. These sons were
Lapithes and
Centaurus progenitors of the
Lapiths and the Centaurs.
Mythology
...in the renowned glens of
Mt. Pindus a Naiad bore him [Hypseus], Creusa the daughter of Gaia, delighting in the bed of the river-god Peneius.
He [Peneus] lay with the
nymph named Creüsa and begat as children Hypseus and Stilbê, and with the latter Apollo lay and begat Lapithes and Centaurus.
Notes
References
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 .
Pindar , Odes translated by Diane Arnson Svarlien. 1990.
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
Pindar, The Odes of Pindar including the Principal Fragments with an Introduction and an English Translation by Sir John Sandys, Litt.D., FBA. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1937.
Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library .