Chrysothemis (disambiguation)
Appearance
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
- ^ Smith (1873), "Chryso'themis" (1)
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 170
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, 5.62; Hyginus, Poetic Astronomy 2.25; Rigoglioso, p. 113; Smith (1873), "Rhoeo ", "Pa'rthenos "
- ^ Walters. p. 92
- ^ Smith (1873), "Chryso'themis" (1); Pausanias, Description of Greece 10.7.2; Manas, p. 121; Avery, p. 284 Grimal, "Carmanor" p. 89
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 6.10.5; Smith (1873) "Chryso'themis " (2); Smith (1890). "STATUA´RIA ARS".
References
- Avery, Catherine B. The New Century Classical Handbook, Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1962. p. 284.
- Grimal, Pierre, The Dictionary of Classical Mythology, Wiley-Blackwell, 1996, ISBN 9780631201021. "Carmanor"
- Manas, John H., Divination Ancient and Modern: An Historical Archaeological and Philosophical Approach to Seership and Christian Religion, Kessinger Publishing, 2004. ISBN 9781417949915. p. 121
- Walters, Henry Beauchamp and Samuel Birch, History of ancient pottery: Greek, Etruscan, and Roman, Volume 2, J. Murray, 1905. p.92.
- Perseus Encyclopedia, "Chrysothemis"
- Rigoglioso, Marguerite, The Cult of Divine Birth in Ancient Greece, Macmillan, 2009. ISBN 9780230614772. 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).