In
Greek mythology
A major branch of classical mythology, Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the Ancient Greece, ancient Greeks, and a genre of Ancient Greek folklore. These stories concern the Cosmogony, origin and Cosmology#Metaphysical co ...
, Criasus (;
Ancient Greek
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: Κρίασος ''Kriasos'') was a king of
Argos
Argos most often refers to:
* Argos, Peloponnese, a city in Argolis, Greece
** Ancient Argos, the ancient city
* Argos (retailer), a catalogue retailer operating in the United Kingdom and Ireland
Argos or ARGOS may also refer to:
Businesses
...
.
Family
Criasus was the son of
Argus and
Evadne In Greek mythology, Evadne (; Ancient Greek: Εὐάδνη) was a name attributed to the following individuals:
*Evadne, a daughter of Strymon and Neaera, wife of Argus (king of Argos), mother of Ecbasus, Peiras, Epidaurus and Criasus.
*Evadne, ...
(daughter of
Strymon) or the
Oceanid
In Greek mythology, the Oceanids or Oceanides (; grc, Ὠκεανίδες, Ōkeanídes, pl. of grc, Ὠκεανίς, Ōkeanís, label=none) are the nymphs who were the three thousand (a number interpreted as meaning "innumerable") daughters o ...
Peitho
In Greek mythology, Peitho ( grc, Πειθώ, Peithō, Persuasion or 'winning eloquence') is the goddess who personifies persuasion and seduction. Her Roman equivalent is Suada or Suadela. She is the goddess of charming speech. She is typically ...
. He had five brothers who were named
Ecbasus
In Greek mythology, Ecbasus (Ancient Greek: Έκβασος) was an Argive prince as the son of King Argus, son of Zeus and Niobe, daughter of Phoroneus.
Ecbasus mother was either Evadne, daughter of the river-god Strymon or the Oceanid Peitho w ...
,
Jasus
''Jasus'' is a genus of spiny lobsters which live in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere. They have two distinct "horns" projecting from the front of the carapace, but lack the stridulating organs present in almost all other genera of spiny ...
,
Peiranthus,
Epidaurus
Epidaurus ( gr, Ἐπίδαυρος) was a small city (''polis'') in ancient Greece, on the Argolid Peninsula at the Saronic Gulf. Two modern towns bear the name Epidavros: ''Palaia Epidavros'' and ''Nea Epidavros''. Since 2010 they belong to the ...
and
Tiryns
Tiryns or (Ancient Greek: Τίρυνς; Modern Greek: Τίρυνθα) is a Mycenaean archaeological site in Argolis in the Peloponnese, and the location from which the mythical hero Heracles performed his Twelve Labours. It lies south of Myce ...
. Criasus fathered
Phorbas
In Greek mythology, Phorbas (; Ancient Greek: Φόρβας ''Phórbās'', gen. Φόρβαντος ''Phórbantos'' means "giving pasture"), or Phorbaceus , may refer to:
*Phorbas of Elis, son of Lapithes and Orsinome, and a brother of Periphas. ...
,
Ereuthalion
In Greek mythology, the name Ereuthalion (Ancient Greek: Ἐρευθαλίων) may refer to:
*Ereuthalion, son of Criasus, founder and eponym of the city Ereuthalia.
*Ereuthalion, an Arcadian who fought in the battle against the Pylians "beneath ...
and
Cleoboea
In Greek mythology, the name Cleoboea (Ancient Greek: Κλεόβοια) refers to:
*Cleoboea, daughter of Criasus and Melantho, sister of Phorbas (king of Argos), Phorbas and Ereuthalion.
*Cleoboea, mother of Eurythemis. Her daughter was married t ...
by
Melantho
In Greek mythology, Melantho (; Ancient Greek: Μελανθώ) may refer to the following women:
* Melantho, also called Melanthea, a Phthian princess as the daughter of King Deucalion and Pyrrha, daughter of Epimetheus and Pandora. She was not ...
.
[Scholia on Euripides, ''Orestes'' 932; on ''Phoenician Women'' 1116]
Mythology
Criasus was said to have reigned for fifty four years. During his reign,
Callithyia
In Greek mythology and legendary history, Callithyia (; Ancient Greek: Καλλίθυια; also Callithoe (; Καλλιθόη), Callithea (; Καλλιθέα),Scholia on Aratus, ''Phenomena'' 161 or Io (; Ἰώ ), "the best among women as well as ...
, daughter of Peiranthus, became the first priestess of
Hera
In ancient Greek religion, Hera (; grc-gre, Ἥρα, Hḗrā; grc, Ἥρη, Hḗrē, label=none in Ionic and Homeric Greek) is the goddess of marriage, women and family, and the protector of women during childbirth. In Greek mythology, she ...
. According to
Eusebius
Eusebius of Caesarea (; grc-gre, Εὐσέβιος ; 260/265 – 30 May 339), also known as Eusebius Pamphilus (from the grc-gre, Εὐσέβιος τοῦ Παμφίλου), was a Greek historian of Christianity, exegete, and Christian ...
, Criasus reigned at the same time as
Saphrus reigned as the fourteenth king of
Assyria
Assyria (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: , romanized: ''māt Aššur''; syc, ܐܬܘܪ, ʾāthor) was a major ancient Mesopotamian civilization which existed as a city-state at times controlling regional territories in the indigenous lands of the A ...
, and
Orthopolis In Greek mythology, Orthopolis (Ancient Greek: Ὀρθοπόλιδι or Ὀρθόπολιν means "upholding the city") was the 12th king of Sicyon who reigned for 63 years.Eusebius, ''Chronographia'63/ref>
Family
Orthopolis was the son and heir ...
as the twelfth king of
Sicyon
Sicyon (; el, Σικυών; ''gen''.: Σικυῶνος) or Sikyon was an ancient Greek city state situated in the northern Peloponnesus between Corinth and Achaea on the territory of the present-day regional unit of Corinthia. An ancient mona ...
. Eusebius also tells us that
Moses
Moses hbo, מֹשֶׁה, Mōše; also known as Moshe or Moshe Rabbeinu (Mishnaic Hebrew: מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּינוּ, ); syr, ܡܘܫܐ, Mūše; ar, موسى, Mūsā; grc, Mωϋσῆς, Mōÿsēs () is considered the most important pro ...
was born in Egypt during his reign.
Eusebius
Eusebius of Caesarea (; grc-gre, Εὐσέβιος ; 260/265 – 30 May 339), also known as Eusebius Pamphilus (from the grc-gre, Εὐσέβιος τοῦ Παμφίλου), was a Greek historian of Christianity, exegete, and Christian ...
, ''Chronicle'' book 1 Criasus' son
Phorbas
In Greek mythology, Phorbas (; Ancient Greek: Φόρβας ''Phórbās'', gen. Φόρβαντος ''Phórbantos'' means "giving pasture"), or Phorbaceus , may refer to:
*Phorbas of Elis, son of Lapithes and Orsinome, and a brother of Periphas. ...
succeeded him on the throne of Argos.
Notes
Princes in Greek mythology
Kings of Argos
Kings in Greek mythology
Inachids
Mythology of Argos
References
*
Apollodorus
Apollodorus (Ancient Greek, Greek: Ἀπολλόδωρος ''Apollodoros'') was a popular name in ancient Greece. It is the masculine gender of a noun compounded from Apollo, the deity, and doron, "gift"; that is, "Gift of Apollo." It may refer to: ...
, ''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
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.Greek text available from the same website
* Gaius Julius Hyginus
Gaius Julius Hyginus (; 64 BC – AD 17) was a Latin author, a pupil of the scholar Alexander Polyhistor, and a freedman of Caesar Augustus. He was elected superintendent of the Palatine library by Augustus according to Suetonius' ''De Grammatic ...
, ''Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies
Online version at the Topos Text Project.
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