Chrysothemis

Mortal woman

In Greek mythology, Chrysothemis (; Ancient Greek: Χρυσόθεμις, romanized: Khrusóthemis, lit. 'golden custom') is a princess of Mycenae, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. Unlike her three siblings, Chrysothemis' role in mythology is rather limited and she only appears in a small number of ancient texts, the most notable of them being Sophocles' Electra, a play of the fifth century BC first premiered in Athens.

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Mentions in the Iliad

A. T. Murray, Loeb Classical Library, Harvard University Press, 1924 · Homer, Iliad with an English Translation · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

“Chrysothemis, and Laodice, and Iphianassa; of these let him lead to the house of Peleus which one he will, without gifts of wooing, and I will furthermore give a dower full rich, such as no man ever yet gave with his daughter. And seven well-peopled cities will I give him,”
Il. 9.145–149
“that is reared in all abundance, his son well-beloved. Three daughters has he in his well-builded hall, Chrysothemis, and Laodice, and Ophianassa; of these mayest thou lead to the house of Peleus which one thou wilt, without gifts of wooing; and he will furthermore give a dower”
Il. 9.285–289

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Стихи 9.142–146: Агамемнон говорит, что Ахиллес «зятем мог бы мне стать», и перечисляет дочерей — Хрисофемиду, Ифианассу и Лаодику, — предлагая отдать ту, что милее (9.146).

that be fairest after Argive Helen. And if we return to Achaean Argos, the richest of lands, he shall be my son, and I will honour him even as Orestes that is reared in all abundance, my son well-beloved. Three daughters have I in my well-builded hall,Chrysothemis, and Laodice, and Iphianassa; of these let him lead to the house of Peleus which one he will, without gifts of wooing, and I will furthermore give a dower full rich, such as no man ever yet gave with his daughter. And seven well-peopled cities will I give him,
Il. 9.142–146

Il. 9.142–146

Father · Sources
Father · Sources
that be fairest after Argive Helen. And if we return to Achaean Argos, the richest of lands, he shall be my son, and I will honour him even as Orestes that is reared in all abundance, my son well-beloved. Three daughters have I in my well-builded hall,Chrysothemis, and Laodice, and Iphianassa; of these let him lead to the house of Peleus which one he will, without gifts of wooing, and I will furthermore give a dower full rich, such as no man ever yet gave with his daughter. And seven well-peopled cities will I give him,
Il. 9.144–145
that is reared in all abundance, his son well-beloved. Three daughters has he in his well-builded hall, Chrysothemis, and Laodice, and Ophianassa; of these mayest thou lead to the house of Peleus which one thou wilt, without gifts of wooing; and he will furthermore give a dower
Il. 9.286–287

Il. 9.144–145 · Il. 9.286–287

Sister · Sources
Sister · Sources

Братство или сестринство выведено из общего родителя: Агамемнон. Матери и отцы, не указанные в источнике, не предполагаются. Квалификация братства/сестринства: Илиада: Родительские основания противоречат друг другу; вид родства не уточняется. Общие родители: Агамемнон.

Wikidata: Ахиллес (сын Пелея) — пол родителя · P21 Wikidata: Агамемнон — пол родителя · P21
that be fairest after Argive Helen. And if we return to Achaean Argos, the richest of lands, he shall be my son, and I will honour him even as Orestes that is reared in all abundance, my son well-beloved. Three daughters have I in my well-builded hall,Chrysothemis, and Laodice, and Iphianassa; of these let him lead to the house of Peleus which one he will, without gifts of wooing, and I will furthermore give a dower full rich, such as no man ever yet gave with his daughter. And seven well-peopled cities will I give him,
Il. 9.144–145
that is reared in all abundance, his son well-beloved. Three daughters has he in his well-builded hall, Chrysothemis, and Laodice, and Ophianassa; of these mayest thou lead to the house of Peleus which one thou wilt, without gifts of wooing; and he will furthermore give a dower
Il. 9.286–287

Il. 9.144–145 · Il. 9.286–287

Sister · Sources
Sister · Sources

Братство или сестринство выведено из общего родителя: Агамемнон. Матери и отцы, не указанные в источнике, не предполагаются. Квалификация братства/сестринства: Илиада: Родительские основания противоречат друг другу; вид родства не уточняется. Общие родители: Агамемнон.

Wikidata: Ахиллес (сын Пелея) — пол родителя · P21 Wikidata: Агамемнон — пол родителя · P21
that be fairest after Argive Helen. And if we return to Achaean Argos, the richest of lands, he shall be my son, and I will honour him even as Orestes that is reared in all abundance, my son well-beloved. Three daughters have I in my well-builded hall,Chrysothemis, and Laodice, and Iphianassa; of these let him lead to the house of Peleus which one he will, without gifts of wooing, and I will furthermore give a dower full rich, such as no man ever yet gave with his daughter. And seven well-peopled cities will I give him,
Il. 9.144–145
that is reared in all abundance, his son well-beloved. Three daughters has he in his well-builded hall, Chrysothemis, and Laodice, and Ophianassa; of these mayest thou lead to the house of Peleus which one thou wilt, without gifts of wooing; and he will furthermore give a dower
Il. 9.286–287

Il. 9.144–145 · Il. 9.286–287

Brother · Sources
Brother · Sources

Братство или сестринство выведено из общего родителя: Агамемнон. Матери и отцы, не указанные в источнике, не предполагаются. Квалификация братства/сестринства: Илиада: Родительские основания противоречат друг другу; вид родства не уточняется. Общие родители: Агамемнон.

Wikidata: Ахиллес (сын Пелея) — пол родителя · P21 Wikidata: Агамемнон — пол родителя · P21
that be fairest after Argive Helen. And if we return to Achaean Argos, the richest of lands, he shall be my son, and I will honour him even as Orestes that is reared in all abundance, my son well-beloved. Three daughters have I in my well-builded hall,
Il. 9.142–143
that be fairest after Argive Helen. And if we return to Achaean Argos, the richest of lands, he shall be my son, and I will honour him even as Orestes that is reared in all abundance, my son well-beloved. Three daughters have I in my well-builded hall,Chrysothemis, and Laodice, and Iphianassa; of these let him lead to the house of Peleus which one he will, without gifts of wooing, and I will furthermore give a dower full rich, such as no man ever yet gave with his daughter. And seven well-peopled cities will I give him,
Il. 9.144–145
what time we Achaeans be dividing the spoil, and heap up thy ship with store of gold and bronze, and thyself choose twenty Trojan women that be fairest after Argive Helen. And if we return to Achaean Argos, richest of lands, thou shalt be his son, and he will honour thee even as Orestes,that is reared in all abundance, his son well-beloved. Three daughters has he in his well-builded hall, Chrysothemis, and Laodice, and Ophianassa; of these mayest thou lead to the house of Peleus which one thou wilt, without gifts of wooing; and he will furthermore give a dower
Il. 9.284–285

Il. 9.142–143 · Il. 9.144–145 · Il. 9.284–285 · Il. 9.286–287

Brother · Sources
Brother · Sources

Братство или сестринство выведено из общего родителя: Ахиллес. Матери и отцы, не указанные в источнике, не предполагаются. Квалификация братства/сестринства: Илиада: Родительские основания противоречат друг другу; вид родства не уточняется. Общие родители: Ахиллес (сын Пелея).

Wikidata: Ахиллес (сын Пелея) — пол родителя · P21 Wikidata: Агамемнон — пол родителя · P21
that be fairest after Argive Helen. And if we return to Achaean Argos, the richest of lands, he shall be my son, and I will honour him even as Orestes that is reared in all abundance, my son well-beloved. Three daughters have I in my well-builded hall,Chrysothemis, and Laodice, and Iphianassa; of these let him lead to the house of Peleus which one he will, without gifts of wooing, and I will furthermore give a dower full rich, such as no man ever yet gave with his daughter. And seven well-peopled cities will I give him,
Il. 9.142–146
for the sake of abhorred Helen am warring with the men of Troy; nay, nor though it were he that in Scyrus is reared for me, my son well-beloved —if so be godlike Neoptolemus still liveth. For until now the heart in my breast had hope that I alone should perish far from horse-pasturing Argos,
Il. 19.326
But go thou in, and clasp the knees of the son of Peleus and entreat him by his father and his fair-haired mother and his child, that thou mayest stir his soul. So spake Hermes, and departed unto high Olympus; and Priam leapt from his chariot to the ground,
Il. 24.467

Il. 9.142–146 · Il. 19.326 · Il. 24.467

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