Cretheus

In Greek mythology, Cretheus or Krētheus (Ancient Greek: Κρηθεύς) was the king and founder of Iolcus, the son of Aeolus (son of Hellen) and Enarete.Hesiod, Catalogue of Women fr. 10(a); Bibliotheca 1. 7. 3 His wives were Tyro and either Demodice or Biadice.Gaius Julius Hyginus, 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, Astydameia and Peleus, Phthia/Clytia and Phoenix, Philonome and Tenes, Ochne and Eunostus With Tyro, he fathered Aeson, Pheres, and Amythaon.Homer, Odyssey, 11. 259Bibliotheca 1. 9. 11Tzetzes on Lycophron, 175 He also had several daughters, namely Hippolyte, future wife of AcastusPindar, Nemean Ode, 4. 57 (otherwise known as AstydameiaBibliotheca 3. 13. 2); Myrina, who married Thoas;Scholia on Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica, 1. 601 and an unnamed daughter, who became the mother of Asterius by Teutamus.Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, 4. 60. 2
==See also==
*List of Greek mythological figures
==References==
Category:Greek Mythology