Chrysothemis

For other uses, see Chrysothemis (disambiguation).

In Greek mythology, Chrysothemis or Khrysothemis ( /krɪˈsɒθɪmɪs/ ; 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]
• Chrysothemis, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. ^{[7] [8]} Unlike her sister, Electra, Chrysothemis did not protest or enact vengeance against their mother for having an affair with Aegisthus and then killing their father. She appears in Sophocles's Electra .

Notes

1. Smith 1873, s.v. Chryso'themis (1).
2. Pausanias, 10.7.2
3. 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
4. Hyginus, De astronomia 2.25
5. Walters, Henry Beauchamp (1905). History of Ancient Pottery: Greek, Etruscan, and Roman: Based on the Work of Samuel Birch. Vol. 2. pp.  92.
6. Hyginus, Fabulae 170
7. Homer, Iliad 9.287
8. Apollodorus, Epitome 2.16

References

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• 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, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. ISBN   978-0674995796. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. ISBN   978-0198145318. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• 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, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN   0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
• Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio.3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Perseus Encyclopedia, "Chrysothemis"
• Pseudo-Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN   0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• 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.