Chryse (mythology)

In Greek mythology, the name Chryse (Ancient Greek: Χρύση or Χρυσῆ "golden") may refer to:
*Chryse, daughter of Almus, a lover of Ares and mother of Phlegyas.Pausanias, Description of Greece, 9. 36. 1
*Chryse, a nymph or minor goddess of Lemnos (or of Chryse Island) who lured Philoctetes away from his companions which resulted in him bitten by a snake.Hyginus, Fabulae, 102 Some sources state that Chryse was a local epithet of Athena, and the misfortune happened to Philoctetes next to her altar, which the snake was guarding.Sophocles, Philoctetes, 1327Tzetzes on Lycophron, 911 The altar was said to have been set up by Jason.Philostratus the Younger, Images, 17
*Chryse, daughter of Pallas and consort of Dardanus.Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities, 1. 68. 3
*Chryse, daughter of Timander, sister of Eurytione, Hellotis and Cottyto, from Corinth.Scholia on Pindar, Olympian Ode 13. 56b..
*Chryse, a surname of Aphrodite on Lesbos.Scholia on Homer, Iliad, 3. 64
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