Cromus (mythology) explained

In Greek mythology, Cromus (Ancient Greek: Κρῶμος, Κρόμου or Κρώμου) may refer to two different personages:

• Cromus, an Arcadian prince as one of the 50 sons of the impious King Lycaon either by the naiad Cyllene,^[1] Nonacris^[2] or by unknown woman. The city of Cromi in Arcadia was named after him.^[3]
• Cromus, a Corinthian son of Poseidon and the eponym of Crommyon. The latter was the home of the Crommyonian Sow which was subdued by the hero Theseus.^[4]

Notes

1. [Dionysius of Halicarnassus]
2. [Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]
3. [Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]
4. [Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]

References

• Dionysus of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities. English translation by Earnest Cary in the Loeb Classical Library, 7 volumes. Harvard University Press, 1937-1950. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
• Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitatum Romanarum quae supersunt, Vol I-IV. . Karl Jacoby. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1885. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
• Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.