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'''Chryses''' ([[Help:IPA/English|/ˈkraɪsiːz/]]; [[Ancient Greek]]: Χρύσης ''Khrúsēs'') was the name that may refer to one of the following figures in [[Greek mythology]]:

*Chryses or Chrysen, son of [[Zeus]] and [[Isonoe]], and one of the [[Danaïdes|Danaides]].<ref>[[Clementine literature|Pseudo-Clement]], ''Recognitions'' 10.21</ref>
*Chryses, the successor of [[Phlegyas]], as king of [[Orchomenus (Boeotia)|Orchomenus]]. He was the son of [[Poseidon]] and [[Chrysogeneia]], daughter of King [[Almus of Orchomenus|Almus]] of Halmones, and the possible father of the eponym [[Minyas (mythology)|Minyas]].<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], 9.36.4</ref>
* Chryses, one of the four sons of [[Minos]] and [[Pareia]]. He lived in the island of [[Paros]] together with his three brothers: [[Eurymedon (mythology)|Eurymedon]], [[Nephalion]] and [[Philolaus (mythology)|Philolaus]]. When [[Heracles]] arrived at the port of the island during the execution of his ninth task, two of his men went ashore. The four brothers killed these two men without any reason. The hero, furious about this pointless act immediately landed and in turn slayed the sons of Minos.<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], 2.5.9 & 3.1.2</ref>
*[[Chryses]], [[Troy|Trojan]] priest and father of [[Chryseis]].<ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' 1.10 ff.</ref>
* Chryses, grandson of the precedent through Chryseis and [[Agamemnon]]. After his mother was released shortly as a prisoner and allowed to return to her hometown, she gave birth to Chryses in the city of Thebes in [[Anatolia|Asia Minor]]. Many years later, [[Orestes]] arrived with [[Iphigenia]] and [[Pylades]] to Zminthe and were seized by Chryses, who decided to return them to King [[Thoas (king of the Taurians)|Thoas]] and the Taurians. But through his grandfather Chryses, he learned that they were also children of Agamemnon. So Chryses, joining his forces to those of his half-brother Orestes, attacked the Taurians and killed their king Thoas. After this, Chryses goes with Orestes and Iphigenia to [[Mycenae]] to visit the grave of their father Agamemnon. Yet some say that the father of Chryses was [[Apollo]].<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' 120-121</ref>

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== References ==

* [[Gaius Julius Hyginus]], ''Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* [[Homer]], [[Iliad|''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. . [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0134 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
* Homer, ''Homeri Opera'' in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. {{ISBN|978-0198145318|}}. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0133 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Pausanias (geographer)|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}}. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+1.1.1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
* Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.  [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|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}}. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
* [[Clementine literature|Pseudo-Clement]], ''Recognitions'' from [[Ante-Nicene Period|Ante-Nicene]] Library Volume 8'','' translated by Smith, Rev. Thomas. T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh. 1867. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/ClementRecognitions.html Online version at theio.com]

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