Chrysogeneia Explained

In Greek mythology, Chrysogeneia or Chrysogenia (Ancient Greek: Χρυσογένεια) may refer to the two different individuals:

• Chrysogenia, daughter of the river-god Peneus, and thus can be considered a naiad. She was the mother of Thissaeus by Zeus.^[1]
• Chrysogeneia, a Minyan princess as the daughter of King Almus of Orchomenus.^[2] She was the sister of Chryse and mother, by the sea-god Poseidon, of Chryses, father of the eponym Minyas.^[3] In some myths, Minyas himself was the son of Chrysogone and Poseidon.^[4] Her name which can denote “golden” expresses the traditional opinion of the Orchomenians' wealth.

Notes

1. [Pseudo-Clement]
2. [Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]
3. Pausanias, 9.36.4
4. [Scholia]

References

• 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.
• Pseudo-Clement, Recognitions from Ante-Nicene Library Volume 8, translated by Smith, Rev. Thomas. T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh. 1867. Online version at theio.com