Creusa

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Creusa is a figure in Greek mythology, best known as a Trojan princess and the wife of the hero Aeneas.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Trojan princess
character in Greek mythology
character in Roman mythology
mythological figure
appearsIn Aeneid NERFINISHED
Posthomerica NERFINISHED
Roman mythological tradition
associatedWith Fall of Troy NERFINISHED
Trojan War NERFINISHED
founding myth of Rome
child Ascanius NERFINISHED
Iulus NERFINISHED
culture Ancient Greek
Ancient Roman
deathPlace Troy NERFINISHED
ethnicity Trojan NERFINISHED
fate dies during the sack of Troy
left behind in burning Troy
father Priam NERFINISHED
gender female
greekName Κρέουσα NERFINISHED
languageOfName Ancient Greek
latinName Creusa NERFINISHED
literarySource Virgil’s Aeneid Book 2 NERFINISHED
maritalStatus married to Aeneas
memberOf House of Priam NERFINISHED
mother Hecuba NERFINISHED
mythologicalCycle Trojan cycle
narrativeFunction links Trojan royal house to Roman origins
motivates Aeneas’ departure from Troy
notableEvent appeared as a shade to Aeneas
lost during Aeneas’ flight from Troy
prophesies Aeneas’ future in a new land
relationshipToAeneas wife
relationshipToAscanius mother
relationshipToHecuba daughter
relationshipToPriam daughter
role first wife of Aeneas
mother of Aeneas’ son Ascanius
spiritualForm ghost
spouse Aeneas NERFINISHED
tellsAeneas he must continue his destined journey
he will find a new wife in a foreign land
theme destiny
family separation
loss

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

Priam child Creusa
Priam father Creusa
Ascanius hasMother Creusa
Deiphobus sibling Creusa
Helenus sibling Creusa
Aeneas spouse Creusa