Chryses

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Chrȳses, ae, m., = Χρύσης,

I a priest of Apollo , from Chryse , in Troas , the father of Astynome , on account of whose close captivity by Agamemnon, Apollo sent a pestilence upon the Grecian hosts, Hyg. Fab. 121; Ov. A. A. 2, 402.—As a title of a tragedy of Pacuvius, Cic. Or. 46, 155; id. Div. 1, 57, 131 al.

II —Hence, Chrȳsēïs , ĭdis, f., = Χρυσηίς, his daughter Astynome , Ov. Tr. 2, 373; id. R. Am. 469.