Creusa

Crĕūsa, ae, f., = Κρέουσα.

• A daughter of king Creon, of Corinth, married to Jason, and on that account put to death by Medea by means of a charmed offering (a garment, acc. to Hor. Epod. 5, 65; a garment and a golden chain, acc. to Sen. Med. 571 sq.; a crown, acc. to Ov. Ib. 601; Plin. 2, 105, 109, § 235), Hyg. Fab. 25; Sen. Med. 496; 509 al.—
• II A daughter of Priam, and wife of Aeneas, Verg. A. 2, 738.—
• III A town, with a harbor, in Boeotia, Liv. 36, 21, 5; 42, 56, 5.—Also called Creūsis, acc. to the Gr. Κρεῦσις, Mel. 2, 3, 10.

Creūsa, ae, f. (Κρέουσα), I) die auch Glauke genannte Tochter des Königs Kreon zu Korinth, Gemahlin Jasons nach Verstoßung der Medea, wurde von Medea durch ein brennbares Geschenk (nach älterer Sage ein Gewand, nach späterer eine Krone) getötet, Sen. Med. 498. Hyg. fab. 25; vgl. Hor. epod. 5, 65 (u. dazu den Schol.). – II) die Tochter des Priamus, Gemahlin des Äneas, Verg. Aen. 2, 738. – III) Hafenstadt der Thespier in Böotien, j. Kreisa, Liv. 36, 21, 5; auch Creusis, sidis, f. (Κρεῦσις) gen., Mela 2, 3, 10 (2. § 53).

1 Crĕūsa, (12) æ, f. , Créuse [épouse de Jason] : Sen. Med. 498 || femme dʼÉnée : Virg. En. 2, 562.

2 Crĕūsa, æ, f. , Liv. 36, 21, 5 et Crĕūsis, ĭdis, f. , Mela 2, 53, ville de Béotie.

Creu'sa

(Κρέουσα).

1. A daughter of Oceanus and Ge. She was a Naid, and became by Peneius the mother of Hypseus, king of the Lapithae, and of Stilbe. (Pind. P. 9.30; Diod. 4.69.)

Creu'sa

2. A daughter of Erechtheus and Praxithea, was married to Xuthus, by whom she became the mother of Achaeus and Ion. (Apollod. 1.7.3, 3.15.1; Paus. 7.1.1.) She is also said to have been beloved by Apollo (Paus. 1.28.4), and Ion is called her son by Apollo, as in the "Ion" of Euripides.

Creu'sa

3. A daughter of Priam and Hecabe, and the wife of Aeneias, who became by her the father of Ascanius and Iulus. (Apollod. 3.12.5.) Conon (Narrat. 41) calls her the mother of Anius by Apollo. When Aeneias fled from Troy, she followed him; but she was unable to discover his traces, and disappeared. Aeneias then returned to seek her. She then appeared to him as a shade, consoled him, revealed to him his future fate, and informed him that she was kept back by the great mother of the gods, and was obliged to let him depart alone. (Verg. A. 2.725, 738, 752, 769, 775, &c.) In the Lesche of Delphi she was represented by Polygnotus among the captive Trojan women. (Paus. 10.26.1.) A fourth personage of this name is mentioned by Hyginus. (Fab. 25; comp. [Creon, No. 1].) [L.S]

CREUSA

CREU´SA or CREU´SIS (Κρέουσα, Κρεουσία, Strab.; Creusa, Liv.; Κρεῦσις, Xen., Paus., Steph. B.: Eth. Κρεύσιος), a town of Boeotia, at the head of a small bay in the Corinthian gulf, described by ancient writers as the port of Thespiae. (Strab. ix. pp. 405, 409; Paus. 9.32.1; Creusa, Thespiensium emporium, in intimo sinu Corinthiaco retractum,Liv. 36.21.) The navigation from Peloponnesus to Creusis is described by Pausanias (l. c.) as insecure, on account of the many headlands which it was necessary to double, and of the violent gusts of wind rushing down from the mountains. Creusis was on the borders of Megaris. One of the highest points of Mt. Cithaeron projects into the sea between Creusis and Aegosthenae, the frontier town in Megaris, leaving no passage along the shore except a narrow path on the side of the mountain. In confirmation of Pausanias, Leake remarks that this termination of Mt. Cithaeron, as well as all the adjoining part of the Alcyonic sea, is subject to sudden gusts of wind, by which the passage of such a cornice is sometimes rendered dangerous. On two occasions the Lacedaemonians retreated from Boeotia by this route, in order to avoid the more direct roads across Mt. Cithaeron. On the first of these occasions, in B.C. 378, the Lacedaemonian army under Cleombrotus was overtaken by such a violent storm, that the shields of the soldiers were wrested from their hands by the wind, and many of the beasts of burden were blown over the precipices. (Xen. Hell. 5.4. 16, seq.) The second time that they took this route was after the fatal battle of Leuctra, in B.C. 371. (Xen. Hell. 6.4 § 25, seq.) The exact site of Creusis is uncertain, but there can be no doubt that it must be placed with Leake somewhere in the bay of Livadhóstra. (Leake, Northern Greece, vol. ii. pp. 406, 505.)

Creūsa

(Κρέουσα). (1) A daughter of Creon , king of Corinth, and wife of Iason. She received from Medea, as bridal presents, a diadem and a robe, both of which had been prepared with magic art and saturated with deadly poisons. On arraying herself in these, flames burst forth and destroyed her. Creon , the father of the princess, perished in a similar way, having thrown himself upon the body of his dying daughter, and being afterwards unable to extricate himself from the embrace of the corpse (Eurip. Med. 781 foll., 1156 foll.). According to the scholiast, she was also called Glaucé.

(2) Daughter of Priam and Hecuba, and wife of Aeneas. When Troy was surprised by the Greeks, she fled in the night with her husband, but they were separated during the confusion, nor was her absence observed until the other fugitives arrived at the spot appointed for assembling. Aeneas a second time entered the burning city in quest of his wife; but while he was seeking for her through every quarter of Troy, Creüsa appeared to him as a deified personage, and appeased his alarm by informing him that she had been adopted by Cybelé among her own attendant nymphs; and she then urged him to pursue his course to Italy, with an intimation of the good fortune that awaited him in that land (Verg. Aen. ii. 562 foll.).