Chryseis (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Chryseis (/kraɪˈsiːɪs/, Ancient Greek: Χρυσηΐς, romanized: Khrysēís, pronounced [kʰrysɛːís] means 'gold') may refer to the following women:

• Chryseis, one of the 3,000 Oceanids, daughters of the Titans of the sea, Oceanus and Tethys.^[1][2] Chryseis was also one of the companions, along with her sisters, of Persephone when the daughter of Demeter was abducted by Hades, the god of the underworld.^[3]
• Chryseis, a Thespian princess as one of the 50 daughters of King Thespius and Megamede^[4] or by one of his many wives.^[5] When Heracles hunted and ultimately slayed the Cithaeronian lion,^[6] Chryseis with her other sisters, except for one,^[7] all laid with the hero in a night,^[8] a week^[9] or for 50 days^[10] as what their father strongly desired it to be.^[11] Chryseis bore Heracles a son, Onesippus.^[12]
• Chryseis, also called Astynome,^[13] a Trojan woman and daughter of Chryses.^[14]
• Chrysis, one of the maenads named in a vase painting.^[15]