Kreusa
Kreusa was a vegetable farmer and seller living with her husband on the island of Kephallonia, Greece, around 431 BCE.
Biography
During the 5th century BCE, Kreusa and her husband worked a vegatable sellers on the island of Kephallonia. However, they were not satisfied with their current line of work and thus sought to seek other ways of making fortune and allow them to leave the island.[1]
The couple soon heard stories on how Kephalos, the mythical founder of the island, had gifted a precious necklace to his wife, Prokris, and how the necklace had then been lost in the sea. The couple identified a sunken temple off the coast to be the location. However it had been overran by a school of sharks, leading them unable to fulfil their wishes.[1]
In 431 BCE, the couple came across the misthios Kassandra, who agreed to help them to recover the necklace from the ruins. Kassandra was able to eliminate the shark, retrieve the necklace and hand it over to Kreusa. Having obtained what they wanted, Kreusa and husband rejoice at their dreams of being able to finally leave the island.[1]
Trivia
- She shares her name with multiple figures from Greek mythology.
- The name Κρέουσα (Kreousa) means 'princess', and is derived from the word κρείων (kreíōn), which means 'lord, master, ruler'.
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