Creusa

Rarely Creüsa

[kree-oo-suh]

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. Creusa of Corinth, the bride-to-be of Jason, slain by Medea.

2. Creusa of Troy, a daughter of Priam and the wife of Aeneas who disappeared in the flight from Troy.

Example Sentences

In it, Linda, a character meant to represent the newly emancipated woman, states, “I love Medea more than Creusa,” the latter being the princess for whom Jason leaves Medea.

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Creusa recounts the final days of Troy as Aeneas, her husband, watches the city burn.

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At one point, Aeneas, fleeing the smoldering ruins, somehow loses track of his wife, Creusa; in a chillingly realistic evocation of war’s chaos, we never learn how she dies.

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The Fiat was dispatched, and 10 minutes later Maria’s mother, Creusa dos Santos, walked into the room.

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In Greek tragedy, the lingering death of Creusa, daughter of the king of Corinth, is one of the most lurid.

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