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Creusa
[ kree-oo-suh ]
noun
- Creusa of Corinth, the bride-to-be of Jason, slain by Medea.
- Creusa of Troy, a daughter of Priam and the wife of Aeneas who disappeared in the flight from Troy.
Example Sentences
In it, Linda, a character meant to represent the newly emancipated woman, states, “I love Medea more than Creusa,” the latter being the princess for whom Jason leaves Medea.
Creusa recounts the final days of Troy as Aeneas, her husband, watches the city burn.
Creüsa was the sister of Procris and Orithyia, and she too was an unfortunate woman.
When Creüsa’s time had come she went all alone to that same dark cave, and there her son was born.
This man, Xuthus by name, was a Greek, to be sure, but he did not belong to Athens or to Attica, and he was considered a stranger and an alien, and as such was so looked down on that when he and Creüsa had no children the Athenians did not think it a misfortune.
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