InGreek mythology,Chrysopeleia (/ˌkrɪsoʊpɪˈliːə/;Ancient Greek:Χρυσοπέλεια,romanized: Khrusopéleia,lit. 'golden pigeon') was ahamadryadnymph.

The most prolonged account of her is given inJohn Tzetzes'scholia onLycophron, and runs as follows. The tree in which Chrysopeleia dwelt was put in danger by the waters of a flooding river. She was rescued byArcas, who happened to be hunting in the neighborhood: he rerouted the river and secured the tree with a dam. Chrysopeleia became his lover and bore him two sons,Apheidas andElatus.^[1]

A nymph named Chrysopeleia is also mentioned by the mythographerApollodorus as one of the possible spouses of Arcas.^[2]

Other men related to stories about a nymph and her tree:

• Paraebius
• Rhoecus
• Erysichthon of Thessaly

• Apollodorus,Apollodorus, The Library, with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, Massachusetts,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1921.ISBN 0-674-99135-4.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Hard, Robin,The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology: Based on H.J. Rose's "Handbook of Greek Mythology", Psychology Press, 2004.ISBN 978-0-415-18636-0.Google Books.

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