Chryse (nymph)

Chryse ( Greek Χρύση "the golden one") is the local nymph of the island Chryse in Greek mythology . Philoctetes wanted to offer a sacrifice at their altar and was bitten by the snake guarding the altar.

literature

• Ludwig von Sybel : Chryse 2 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 901 ( digitized version ).

Web links

• Philoctetes in the Greek Myth Index (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sophocles Philoctetes 1327
2. ↑ Renata von Scheliha: The Philoctet of Sophocles: a contribution to the interpretation of the Greek ethos in volume 93-94 by Castrum Peregrini, Wallstein 1970 ( on GoogleBooks )