Chrysopeleia

A hamadryad who was one day in great danger, as the oak-tree which she inhabited was undermined by a mountain torrent. Arcas, who was hunting in the neighborhood, discovered her situation, led the torrent in another direction, and secured the tree by a dam. Chrysopeleia became by him the mother of Elatus and Apheidas.

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References

Sources

  • Pseudo-Apollodorus. The Library iii, 9.1.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.
  • Tzetzes on Lycophron, 480.

This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain.