Editing Cretheus

In [[Greek mythology]], '''Cretheus''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|r|iː|θ|i|ə|s|,_|-|θj|uː|s}}; [[Ancient Greek]]: Κρηθεύς ''Krētheus'') was the king and founder of [[Iolcus]].

== Family ==
Cretheus was the son of King [[Aeolus (son of Hellen)|Aeolus]] of [[Ancient Thessaly|Aeolia]] (son of [[Hellen]]) by either [[Enarete]]<ref name=":0">[[Hesiod]], ''[[Catalogue of Women|Ehoiai]]'' fr. 10(a); [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.7.3&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=1:chapter=7&highlight=Cretheus 1.7.3]</ref> or [[Laodice (Greek myth)|Laodice]].<ref>[[Scholia]] on [[Homer]], ''[[Odyssey]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0055:book=11:commline=235&highlight=laodice 11.235]</ref> He was the brother of [[Sisyphus]], [[Athamas]], [[Salmoneus]], [[Deioneus|Deion]], [[Magnes (son of Aeolus)|Magnes]], [[Perieres (king of Messenia)|Perieres]], [[Canace]], [[Alcyone and Ceyx|Alcyone]], [[Pisidice|Peisidice]], [[Calyce (mythology)|Calyce]] and [[Perimede (mythology)|Perimede]].<ref name=":0" />

Cretheus's wives were [[Tyro]], his niece, and [[Demodice]] or [[Biadice]].<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''[[De Astronomica]]'' 2.20; she unsuccessfully tried to seduce [[Phrixus]] and falsely accused him of an attempt to rape her, cf. the stories of [[Phaedra (mythology)|Phaedra]] and [[Hippolytus (mythology)|Hippolytus]], [[Stheneboea]] and [[Bellerophon]], [[Astydamia of Iolcus|Astydamia]] and [[Peleus]], [[Phthia (mythology)|Phthia]]/[[Clytie|Clytia]] and [[Phoenix (son of Amyntor)|Phoenix]], [[Philonome (mythology)|Philonome]] and [[Tenes]], [[Ochne]] and [[Eunostus (hero)|Eunostus]]</ref> With Tyro, he fathered [[Aeson]], [[Pheres]], and [[Amythaon]].<ref>Homer, ''Odyssey'' 11.259; Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.9.11&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=1:chapter=9&highlight=Cretheus 1.9.11]; [[Tzetzes]] on [[Lycophron]], 175</ref>

== Mythology ==
When Cretheus found out that Tyro had an affair with Poseidon, he left her and married Demodice.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hamilton|first=Edith|title=Mythology|publisher=Little, Brown and Company|year=1942|isbn=9780316438520|pages=299}}</ref> He also had several daughters, namely [[Hippolyte (mythology)|Hippolyte]], future wife of [[Acastus]]<ref>[[Pindar]], ''Nemean Ode'' 4.57</ref> (otherwise known as [[Astydamia of Iolcus|Astydamia]]<ref>Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.13.3&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=3:chapter=13&highlight=Astydamia 3.13.2]</ref>), [[Myrina (mythology)|Myrina]] who married [[Thoas (king of Lemnos)|Thoas]],<ref>Scholia on [[Apollonius Rhodius]], ''[[Argonautica]]'' 1.601</ref> and possibly [[Phalanna (mythology)|Phalanna]], eponym of [[Phalanna]].<ref>[[Stephanus of Byzantium]], s.v. ''Φάλαννα''</ref>

==Notes==
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== References ==

*[[Diodorus Siculus]], ''The Library of History'' translated by [[Charles Henry Oldfather]]. Twelve volumes. [[Loeb Classical Library]]. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59&ndash;8. [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/home.html Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site]
*[[Diodorus Siculus]], ''Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2''. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888–1890. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0540 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
*[[Hesiod]], ''Theogony'' from ''The Homeric Hymns and Homerica'' with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0130%3Acard%3D1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0129 Greek text available from the same website].
*[[Homer]], [[Odyssey|''The Odyssey'']] with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0136 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0135 Greek text available from the same website].
*[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''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.]
*[[Pindar]], ''Odes'' translated by Diane Arnson Svarlien. 1990. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0162%3Abook%3DN. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
*[[Pindar]], ''The Odes of Pindar'' including the Principal Fragments with an Introduction and an English Translation by Sir John Sandys, Litt.D., FBA. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1937. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0161%3Abook%3DN. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
*[[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. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].

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