Chrysaor
(Χρυσάωρ).
1. A son of Poseidon and Medusa, and consequently a brother of Pegasus. When Perseus cut off the head of Medusa, Chrysaor and Pegasus sprang forth from it. Chrysaor became by Callirrhoe the father of the three-headed Geryones and Echidna. (Hesiod, Hes. Th. 280, &c.; Hygin. Fab. Praef. and 151.)
2. The god with the golden sword or arms. In this sense it is used as a surname or attribute of several divinities, such as Apollo (Hom. Il. 15.256), Artemis (Hdt. 8.77), and Demeter. (Hom. Hymn. in Cer. 4.) We find Chrysaoreus as a surname of Zeus with the same meaning, under which he had a temple in Caria, which was a national sanctuary, and the place of meeting for the national assembly of the Carians. (Strab. xiv. p.660; comp. Paus. 5.21.5; Steph. Byz. s. v. Χρυσαορίς.) [L.S]
(Χρυσάωρ). Son of Poseidon and Medusa, brother of Pegasus, and father of the threeheaded giant Geryon and Echidna by the oceannymph Callirrhoë.
- springs from decapitated Gorgon: Apollod. 2.4.2
- father of Geryon: Apollod. 2.5.9