Chrysippus (son of Pelops)

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Zeuxo and Chrysippos on a bowl by the Brygos painter , around 490/80 BC Chr.

Chrysippos ( Greek  Χρύσιππος ) is the son of Pelops and Axioche and half-brother of the twins Thyestes and Atreus in Greek mythology .

In one version he is burdened with the curse that Myrtilos uttered on his father and his gender. Laios (father of Oedipus ), who fled Thebes , teaches him how to drive a chariot and falls in love with the boy. However, Laios returns to Thebes and kidnaps Chrysippos, who then becomes his lover . Thereupon Pelops curses Laios that he should never have a son or, if he does, he should kill him. After Pelops had freed him by force of arms, Chrysippus was finally murdered by his stepmother Hippodameia , who feared that he and not her sons would inherit the royal dignity.

In another variant, which is ascribed to the poet Praxilla , Chrysippus is the reason for the dispute between Laios and his son Oedipus , since both would have fallen in love with the beautiful youth. According to this, Oedipus grew up with Chrysippus and wanted to prevent the kidnapping by Laios by escaping with Chrysippus. When Laios caught up with them, there was a scuffle in the course of which Oedipus killed his father.

According to another variant of the legend, the kidnapping of Chrysippus, who, according to this version, took his own life out of shame, as well as the refusal of the Laius to offer Hera an atonement, were the reasons that Thebes was visited by the Sphinx . Even Zeus and Theseus are occasionally mentioned as the kidnappers Chrysippos.

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  1. ↑ Scholion , Pindar : Oden to the winner of the Olympic Games 1.144.
  2. ^ Hyginus Mythographus : Fabulae 85.
  3. ↑ Scholion, Euripides : The Phoenicians 1760.
  4. ^ Friedrich Wilhelm Schneidewin : The saga of King Oedipus 16, Leipzig 1849-1854.
  5. ↑ Libraries of Apollodorus 3,5,5.
  6. ↑ Athenaios : The Banquet of the Scholars 13,603a.
  7. ^ Hyginus Mythographus: Fabulae 271.