Creusa

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Creusa is a figure in Greek mythology, often depicted as an Athenian princess and mother of Ion in Euripides’ tragedy.

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Label Occurrences
Creusa canonical 5

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Euripidean character
character in Greek mythology
mythological figure
abandonedChild Ion (as an infant)
appearsInWork Ion
associatedWithCity Athens
associatedWithSanctuary Delphi
attemptsToKill Ion
surface form: Ion (not knowing he is her son)
authorOfWorkAppearingIn Euripides
child Ion
conceivesChildWith Apollo
culture Ancient Greek
ethnicity Athenian
father Erechtheus
gender female
grandfather Pandion II
surface form: Pandion (in some genealogies)
hasRole protagonist in Ion
husband Xuthus
isCharacterIn Ion (play)
languageOfPrimarySources Ancient Greek
literaryGenre Attic tragedy
lover Apollo
mother Holy Tradition
surface form: Praxis (in some traditions)
mythologicalCycle Athenian royal house
nameInGreek Κρέουσα
notableTrait noble birth
suffering mother
plotFunction mother who unknowingly meets her lost son
protectedByDeity Athena
surface form: Athena (in Euripides’ Ion)
rapedBy Apollo
receivesOracleFrom Apollo
reconciledWith Ion
religiousAffiliation worshipper of Apollo
religiousContext Delphi
rescuedChildBy Απόλλων
surface form: Apollo (through divine intervention)
sibling Chthonia
surface form: Chthonia (in some traditions)

Merope
surface form: Merope (in some traditions)

Agdistis
surface form: Orithyia (in some traditions)

Procris (in some traditions)
sourceAuthor Euripides
sourceType Greek tragedy
spouse Xuthus
themeAssociation Athenian autochthony
divine rape
legitimacy of lineage
motherhood
timeOfMythicSetting mythic past of Athens
title Athenian princess

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Glauce nameVariant Creusa
Xuthus spouse Creusa
Xuthus relative Creusa
Euripides’ play "Ion" mainCharacter Creusa
subject surface form: Ion (play)