Ceroessa
Greek Mythology
Greek nymph and mother of Byzantium's founder
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Ceroessa
- Greek Mythology
Ceroessa, also called Keróessa, is a figure in Greek mythology and a heroine of the foundational myth of Byzantium. Her name is glossed as “the horned”. She was the daughter of Io and Zeus, the elder sister of Epaphus, and the mother of Byzas, founder of Byzantium, by Poseidon, who was her uncle. The Etymologicum Magnum misnamed her Creusa.
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- Parents
- Io and Zeus
- Child
- Byzas, founder of Byzantium
- Misnomer
- Creusa in the Etymologicum Magnum
Sources and credits
Sources and credits
- Article
- Ceroessa (English Wikipedia)
- Wikidata
- Q2723170
- Text
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