Creusa
Americannoun
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Creusa of Corinth, the bride-to-be of Jason, slain by Medea.
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Creusa of Troy, a daughter of Priam and the wife of Aeneas who disappeared in the flight from Troy.
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Creusa recounts the final days of Troy as Aeneas, her husband, watches the city burn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2021
Here is a dramatic scene between Medea and Creusa, rivals in love, by the Florentine Octavio.
From Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua by Vernon Lee
Creusa, Anna, and Andromache are vague impersonations of womanly tenderness and fidelity of affection.
From The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil by W. Y. Sellar
All succeeded except poor Creusa, who was lost in the throng of terrified fugitives, and was never found again; but Æneas found ships on the coast, and sailed safely away to Italy.
From Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History by Charlotte Mary Yonge
What of the boy Ascanius, whom Creusa bore to thee, while the ruins of Troy were yet smoking?
From Dante. An essay. To which is added a translation of De Monarchia. by R. W. (Richard William) Church
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