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.
Example Sentences
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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
The Marriage of Jason and Creusa; a 1st impression, without the crown, on India paper, very brilliant.
From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Thomas Frognall Dibdin
But all we weeping many tears, my wife Creusa there, Ascanius, yea and all the house, besought him not to bear All things to wrack with him, nor speed the hastening evil tide.
From The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse by William Morris
Creusa herself, though drawn with extraordinary sympathy and beauty, is at heart a savage.
From Euripedes and His Age by Gilbert Murray
Of his seven indifferent dramas the best are Creusa and The Roman Father.
From A Brief Handbook of English Authors by Oscar Fay Adams
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