Creusa
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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
Creusa was married to one Xuthus, an Aeolian soldier, but the real father of Ion was the god Apollo.
From Euripedes and His Age by Murray, Gilbert
Creusa enters, accompanied by one of Euripides' characteristic Old Slaves.
From Euripedes and His Age by Murray, Gilbert
His suspense, however, was terminated at last by his suddenly coming upon an apparition of the spirit of Creusa, which rose before him in a solitary part of the city, and arrested his progress.
From Romulus Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob
Legend told that Ion, the hero-ancestor of the Ionians, was the son of the Athenian princess Creusa.
From Euripedes and His Age by Murray, Gilbert
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