Chrysorthe

Chrysorthe

Chrysorthe

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In Greek mythology, Chrysorthe (Ancient Greek: Χρυσόρθη) was a Sicyonian princess as the daughter of King Orthopolis, descendant of the city's founder Apis. By Apollo, she became the mother of Coronus who succeeded her father in the throne of Sicyon.[1]

Note

  1. [1]
    Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 2.5.8.

References

  • 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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
  • Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.


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