Crisus

In Greek mythology, Crisus {{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|r|aɪ|s|ə|s}} or Crissus {{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|r|ɪ|s|ə|s}} (Ancient Greek: Κρῖσος) was a son of Phocus and twin brother of Panopeus. With Antiphateia, daughter of Naubolus, he became father of Strophius; thus he was the grandfather of Pylades.Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 2.29.4; Scholia on Euripides, Orestes 33 He is also said to have founded the town of Crissa, which received its name from him.Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica s.v. Krîsa; Tzetzes on Lycophron, Alexandra 1070 Through Panopeus, he was the uncle of Epeius of Phocis.

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Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. {{ISBN|0-674-99328-4}}. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. [https://topostext.org/work/241 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]