In
Greek mythology
A major branch of classical mythology, Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks, and a genre of Ancient Greek folklore. These stories concern the origin and nature of the world, the lives and activities of ...
, Cranaë (
Ancient Greek
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: Κρανάη means 'stony') was an
Athenian
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh List ...
princess as daughter of King
Cranaus In Greek mythology, Cranaus or Kranaos (;Ancient Greek: Κραναός) was the second King of Athens, succeeding Cecrops I.
Family
Cranaus married Pedias, a Spartan woman and daughter of Mynes, with whom he had three daughters: Cranaë, Cra ...
and
Pedias
In Greek mythology, Pedias (Ancient Greek: Πεδιάδα means 'flat, level') was the Lacedamonian daughter of Mynes. She married the autochthonous King Cranaus who reigned in Athens
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆνα ...
, the
Lacedaemonian
Sparta ( Doric Greek: Σπάρτα, ''Spártā''; Attic Greek: Σπάρτη, ''Spártē'') was a prominent city-state in Laconia, in ancient Greece. In antiquity, the city-state was known as Lacedaemon (, ), while the name Sparta referred ...
daughter of
Mynes. She was the sister of
Cranaechme and
Atthis.
[ Apollodorus]
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Notes
References
* 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.
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.Greek text available from the same website
* Graves, Robert, ''The Greek Myths: The Complete and Definitive Edition.'' Penguin Books Limited. 2017.
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Princesses in Greek mythology
Attican characters in Greek mythology