Cretheus

In Greek mythology, Cretheus (/ˈkrθiəs, -θjs/; Ancient Greek: Κρηθεύς Krētheus) may refer to the following characters:

  1. ^ Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 10(a); Apollodorus, 1.7.3
  2. ^ Scholia on Homer, Odyssey 11.235
  3. ^ Hyginus, De 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, Astydamia and Peleus, Phthia/Clytia and Phoenix, Philonome and Tenes, Ochne and Eunostus
  4. ^ Homer, Odyssey 11.259; Apollodorus, 1.9.11; Tzetzes on Lycophron, 175
  5. ^ Hamilton, Edith (1942). Mythology. Little, Brown and Company. p. 299. ISBN 9780316438520.
  6. ^ Pindar, Nemean Ode 4.57
  7. ^ Apollodorus, 3.13.2
  8. ^ Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.601
  9. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Φάλαννα
  10. ^ Diodorus Siculus, 4.60.2