| Chrysaor | |
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 Chrysaor, son of the Gorgon at the pediment of theTemple of Artemis in Corfu | |
| Genealogy | |
| Parents | Poseidon andMedusa |
| Siblings | Pegasus andseveral paternal half-siblings |
| Consort | Callirrhoe |
| Children | Geryon andEchidna |
InGreek mythology,Chrysaor (Ancient Greek:Χρυσάωρ,romanized: Khrusáōr, gen.Χρυσάορος), "he who has a golden sword" (fromχρυσός "golden" andἄορ "sword") was the brother of the winged horsePegasus, often depicted as a young man, the son ofPoseidon andMedusa, born whenPerseus decapitated theGorgonMedusa.
And when Perseus cut off her head, there sprang forth great Chrysaor and the horse Pegasus who is so called because he was born near the springs ofOcean; and that other, because he held a golden blade in his hands.
In Greek mythology,Medusa was one of the Gorgons, three monstrous siblings. Medusa, unlike her sistersStheno and Euryale, was mortal, and was beheaded by Perseus. Chrysaor and Pegasus sprang from the blood of her decapitated body.[2]
In art, Chrysaor's earliest appearance seems to be on the great pediment of theTemple of Artemis, Corfu dated to the early6th century BCE, where he is shown beside his mother, Medusa.
Chrysaor, married toCallirrhoe, daughter of gloriousOceanus, was father to the triple-headedGeryon, but Geryon was killed by the great strength ofHeracles at sea-circledErytheis beside his own shambling cattle on that day when Heracles drove those broad-faced cattle toward holyTiryns, when he crossed the stream of Oceanus and had killedOrthos and the oxherdEurytion out in the gloomy meadow beyond fabulous Oceanus.
Chrysaor and Callirrhoe may have also been the parents ofEchidna.[3]
In an alternate genealogy fromStephanus of Byzantium'sEthnica, Chrysaor is a son ofGlaucus and grandson ofSisyphus, and his son Mylasus goes on to foundMylasa.[4] This ancestry would make Chrysaor a double ofBellerophon.[5]
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