CREUSA


Meaning of CREUSA in English

[Greek heroic] The daughter of the Corinthian king Creon. When Jason and Medea stayed in Corinth, Jason divorced his wife and married Creusa. Medea took revenge by giving the young bride a poisoned gown which stuck to Creusa's body the moment she wore it and burned her to death. The daughter of Priam, married to Aeneas. She died trying to escape from Troy. She was the mother of Ascanius. The daughter of Erechtheus, mother of Achaus and Ion. The daughter of Oceanus and Gaia.

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