Chryses, one of the four sons of
Minos and
Pareia. He lived in the island of
Paros together with his three brothers:
Eurymedon,
Nephalion and
Philolaus. When
Heracles arrived at the port of the island during the execution of his ninth task, two of his men went ashore. The four brothers killed these two men without any reason. The hero, furious about this pointless act immediately landed and in turn slayed the sons of Minos.[3]
Chryses, grandson of the precedent through Chryseis and
Agamemnon. After his mother was released shortly as a prisoner and allowed to return to her hometown, she gave birth to Chryses in the city of Thebes in
Asia Minor. Many years later,
Orestes arrived with
Iphigenia and
Pylades to Zminthe and were seized by Chryses, who decided to return them to King
Thoas and the Taurians. But through his grandfather Chryses, he learned that they were also children of Agamemnon. So Chryses, joining his forces to those of his half-brother Orestes, attacked the Taurians and killed their king Thoas. After this, Chryses goes with Orestes and Iphigenia to
Mycenae to visit the grave of their father Agamemnon. Yet some say that the father of Chryses was
Apollo.[5]
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Chryses, one of the four sons of
Minos and
Pareia. He lived in the island of
Paros together with his three brothers:
Eurymedon,
Nephalion and
Philolaus. When
Heracles arrived at the port of the island during the execution of his ninth task, two of his men went ashore. The four brothers killed these two men without any reason. The hero, furious about this pointless act immediately landed and in turn slayed the sons of Minos.[3]
Chryses, grandson of the precedent through Chryseis and
Agamemnon. After his mother was released shortly as a prisoner and allowed to return to her hometown, she gave birth to Chryses in the city of Thebes in
Asia Minor. Many years later,
Orestes arrived with
Iphigenia and
Pylades to Zminthe and were seized by Chryses, who decided to return them to King
Thoas and the Taurians. But through his grandfather Chryses, he learned that they were also children of Agamemnon. So Chryses, joining his forces to those of his half-brother Orestes, attacked the Taurians and killed their king Thoas. After this, Chryses goes with Orestes and Iphigenia to
Mycenae to visit the grave of their father Agamemnon. Yet some say that the father of Chryses was
Apollo.[5]
This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific Greek mythology article referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended Greek mythology article, if one exists.