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Chrysothemis or Khrysothemis may refer to

  • In Greek mythology:[1]
    • Chrysothemis the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and a character in Sophocles's play Electra.
    • Chrysothemis, daughter of Danaus.[2]
    • Chrysothemis, wife of Staphylus, mother of Molpadia, Rhoeo and Parthenos.[3]
    • Chrysothemis, a Hesperide, pictured and named on an ancient vase together with Asterope, Hygieia and Lipara.[4]
    • Chrysothemis, the first winner of the oldest contest held at the Pythian Games, the singing of a hymn to Apollo. He a son (or daughter) of Carmanor the priest who cleansed Apollo for the killing of Python.[5]
  • Chrysothemis, an ancient Greek sculptor.[6]
  • Chrysothemis, a genus of plants in the family Gesneriaceae.
  • 637 Chrysothemis, a minor planet.

Notes

  1. ^ Smith (1873), "Chryso'themis" (1)
  2. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 170
  3. ^ Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, 5.62; Hyginus, Poetic Astronomy 2.25; Rigoglioso, p. 113; Smith (1873), "Rhoeo ", "Pa'rthenos "
  4. ^ Walters. p. 92
  5. ^ Smith (1873), "Chryso'themis" (1); Pausanias, Description of Greece 10.7.2; Manas, p. 121; Avery, p. 284 Grimal, "Carmanor" p. 89
  6. ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 6.10.5; Smith (1873) "Chryso'themis " (2); Smith (1890). "STATUA´RIA ARS".

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