Editing Chrysothemis

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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Chrysothemis''' or '''Khrysothemis''' ({{IPAc-en|k|r|ᵻ|ˈ|s|ɒ|θ|ᵻ|m|ᵻ|s}}; {{langx|grc|Χρυσόθεμις}}, "golden law")  is a name ascribed to several female characters in Greek mythology.<ref>Smith 1873, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DC%3Aentry+group%3D21%3Aentry%3Dchrysothemis-bio-1 s.v. Chryso'themis (1)].</ref>

* [[Chrysothemis (daughter of Carmanor)|Chrysothemis]], daughter of [[Carmanor (of Crete)|Carmator]] and the first winner of the oldest contest held at the Pythian Games, the singing of a hymn to Apollo. She was the wife of [[Staphylus]] or a lover of [[Apollo]].<ref name=":0">[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+10.7.2&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160 10.7.2]</ref><ref>Parada, s.v. Chrysothemis (2), p. 47; [[Diodorus Siculus]], [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/5D*.html 5.62]; Rigoglioso, ''The Cult of Divine Birth in Ancient Greece'' [https://books.google.com/books?id=okNQhnj0lZ4C&dq=Staphylus+Chrysothemis&pg=PA113 p. 113]; Smith 1873, s.v. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DR%3Aentry+group%3D3%3Aentry%3Drhoeo-bio-1 Rhoeo], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DP%3Aentry+group%3D7%3Aentry%3Dparthenos-bio-1 Pa'rthenos]</ref><ref>Hyginus, ''[[De astronomia]]'' [http://www.theoi.com/Text/HyginusAstronomica2.html#25 2.25]</ref>
*Chrysothemis, a [[Hesperides|Hesperide]] pictured and named on an ancient vase together with [[Asterope (Hesperid)|Asterope]], [[Hygieia (mythology)|Hygieia]] and [[Lipara (mythology)|Lipara]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Walters|first=Henry Beauchamp|url=|title=History of Ancient Pottery: Greek, Etruscan, and Roman: Based on the Work of Samuel Birch|year=1905|volume=2|pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyofancient02walt/page/92/mode/2up&#124/ 92]}}</ref>
* Chrysothemis, daughter of [[Danaus]]. She married (and killed) [[Asterides (mythology)|Asterides]], son of [[Aegyptus]].<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''[[Fabulae]]'' [https://books.google.com/books?id=_lIymFFvxiMC&q=Chrysothemis+Danaus&pg=PA1 170]</ref>
* [[Chrysothemis (daughter of Agamemnon)|Chrysothemis]], daughter of [[Agamemnon]] and [[Clytemnestra]].<ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hom.+Il.+9.287&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134 9.287]</ref><ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], Epitome [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022%3Atext%3DEpitome%3Abook%3DE%3Achapter%3D2%3Asection%3D16 2.16]</ref>  Unlike her sister, [[Electra]], Chrysothemis did not protest or enact vengeance against their mother for having an affair with [[Aegisthus]] and then killing their father. She appears in [[Sophocles]]'s ''[[Electra (Sophocles)|Electra]]''.

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==References==
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*Diodorus Siculus, ''Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2''. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888-1890. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0540 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
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*[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus, Gaius Julius]], ''Astronomica from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/207 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
*[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus, Gaius Julius]], ''Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
*[[Homer]], [[Iliad|''The Iliad'']] with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. {{ISBN|978-0674995796|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0134 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
*Homer, ''Homeri Opera'' in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. {{ISBN|978-0198145318|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0133 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* Manas, John H., ''Divination Ancient and Modern: An Historical Archaeological and Philosophical Approach to Seership and Christian Religion'', Kessinger Publishing, 2004. {{ISBN|978-1-4179-4991-5}}. [https://books.google.com/books?id=QTQyx5a3_toC&dq=Carmanor+Chrysothemis&pg=PA121 p. 121]
* Parada, Carlos, ''Genealogical Guide to Greek Mythology'', Jonsered, Paul Åströms Förlag, 1993. {{ISBN|978-91-7081-062-6}}.
*[[Pausanias (geographer)|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}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
*Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.  [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* ''Perseus Encyclopedia'', [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0004:entry=chrysothemis&highlight=chrysothemis "Chrysothemis"]
*[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Pseudo-Apollodorus]], ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. {{ISBN|0-674-99135-4}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
* Rigoglioso, Marguerite, ''The Cult of Divine Birth in Ancient Greece'', Macmillan, 2009. {{ISBN|978-0-230-61477-2}}. [https://books.google.com/books?id=okNQhnj0lZ4C&dq=Staphylus+Chrysothemis&pg=PA113 p. 113].
* [[William Smith (lexicographer)|Smith, William]]; ''[[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology]]'', London (1873).
* [[William Smith (lexicographer)|Smith, William]]; ''[[A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities]]'', London (1890).
* Walters, Henry Beauchamp and Samuel Birch, ''History of ancient pottery: Greek, Etruscan, and Roman, Volume 2'', J. Murray, 1905. [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZX0FAAAAMAAJ&dq=Chrysothemis+Hesperides&pg=PA92 p.92].

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