Creūsa

, a daughter of Creon king of Corinth. As she was going to marry Jason, who had divorced Medea, she put on a poisoned garment, which immediately set her body on fire, and she expired in the most excruciating torments. She had received this gown as a gift from Medea, who wished to take that revenge upon the infidelity of Jason. Some call her Glauce. Ovid , de Ars Am at or i a , bk. 1 , li. 335 .――A daughter of Priam king of Troy by Hecuba. She married Æneas, by whom she had some children, among which was As can i us. When Troy was taken, she fled in the night, with her husband; but they were separated in the midst of the confusion, and Æneas could not recover her, nor hear where she was. Cybele saved her, and carried her to her temple, of which she became prieste ; according to the relation of Vigil, who makes Creusa appear to her husband in a vision, while he was seeking her in the tumult of war. She predicted to Æneas the calamities that attended him, the fame he should acquire when he came to Italy, and his consequent marriage with a prince of the country. Pausanias , bk. 10 , ch. 16 .— Virgil , Æneid , bk. 2 , li. 562 , . ――A daughter of Erechtheus king of Athens. She was mother of Janus by Apollo.――A town of Bœotia. Strabo , bk. 9 .— Pausanias , bk. 9 , ch. 32 .