- In Gr**** mythology,
Ceroessa (Ancient Gr****: Κερόεσσα
Keroessa means "the horned") was a
heroine of the
foundational myth of Byzantium. She was the daughter...
- There, she gave
birth to Zeus's son Epaphus, and a
daughter as well,
Keroessa. She
later married Egyptian king Telegonus.
Their grandson, Danaus, eventually...
- Cres
Idaea Steph. Byz. 6th cent. AD
Epaphus Io Apollod. 1st/2nd cent. AD
Keroessa Nonnus 5th cent. AD
Meliteus Othreis Ant. Lib. 2nd/3rd cent. AD Lacedaemon...
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Rhene Mt. Cyllene,
Arcadia consorted with
Oileus Semestra Thrace nurse of
Keroessa Teledice Argolis (possibly) a
consort of
Phoroneus Thalia Sicily mother...
- son was
killed by
Neoptolemus in the
Trojan War. Creusa, a
misnomer for
Keroessa in the Etymologi**** Magnum. Gantz, p. 141; Pindar,
Pythian Ode 9; Diodorus...
-
legendary founder of Byzantium,
around the time of
Emperor Marcus Aurelius (161–180).
Genealogy Born
Megara Parents Keroessa or
Semystra and Poseidon...
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nymph Semystra there,
whence the name of the town.
Semystra nurtured the
Keroessa, who was the
daughter of Io and Zeus.
Dionysius added that
Semystra nearly...
- was a nymph, in Gr**** mythology.
Semystra nurtured Keroessa,
daughter of Io and Zeus.
Keroessa's mother gave
birth at Semystra's
altar and left the baby...
