Creusa

American  

[kree-oo-suh] / kriˈu sə /

Rarely Creüsa

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.

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Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2021

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

Creusa, Anna, and Andromache are vague impersonations of womanly tenderness and fidelity of affection.

From The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil by Sellar, W. Y.

CREON, in Greek legend, son of Lycaethus, king of Corinth and father of Glauce or Creusa, the second wife of Jason.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various

Creusa, daughter of Erectheus, was visited by the god Apollo, and in consequence became the mother of the god Janus.

From The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets by Westbrook, Richard B.