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LNS

Chrȳsēs, Chrȳsae

Chryses

Χρύσης

noun (m., 1^st Greek declension)

a priest of Apollo, from Chryse, in Troas, the father of Astynome

Abbreviations

Chrȳses, ae, m., = Χρύσης, a priest of Apollo, from Chryse, in Troas, the father of Astynome, on account of whose close captivity by Agamemnon, Apollo sent a pestilence upon the Grecian hosts, Hyg. Fab. 121; Ov. A. A. 2, 402.

—As a title of a tragedy of Pacuvius, Cic. Or. 46, 155; id. Div. 1, 57, 131 al.

—Hence, Chrȳsēis, idis, f., = Χρν σηίς, his daughter Astynome, Ov. Tr. 2, 373; id. R. Am. 469.