Chrysippus (Greek myth)

In Greek mythology, Chrysippus (/kraɪˈsɪpəs, krɪ-/; Ancient Greek: Χρύσιππος) may refer to the following individuals:

• Chrysippus, illegitimate son of Pelops abducted by Laius.[1]
• Chrysippus, an Egyptian prince as one of the sons of Aegyptus and Tyria. He was killed by the Danaid Chrysippe.[2][3]
• Chrysippus, son of Aeolus.[4]
• Chrysippus, eponymous founder of Chrysippa in Cilicia.[5]

For other uses, see Chrysippus (disambiguation).

Notes

1. Pseudo-Plutarch, Greek and Roman Parallel Stories, 33
2. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2.1.5
3. Hyginus, Fabulae 170
4. Scholia on Homer, Odyssey 10.6
5. Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica s.v. Χρύσιππα

References

• Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Pseudo-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.
• Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.