Cretea, a country of Arcadia, where Jupiter was educated, according to some traditions. Pausanias, bk. 8, ch. 38.
Cretes, inhabitants of Crete. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 4, li. 146.
Creteus, a Trojan, distinguished as a poet and musician. He followed Æneas, and was killed by Turnus. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 9, li. 774.——Another, killed by Turnus. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 12, li. 538.
Cretheis, the wife of Acastus king of Iolchos, who fell in love with Peleus son of Æacus, and accused him of attempts upon her virtue, because he refused to comply with her wishes, &c. She is called by some Hippolyte or Astyadamia. Pindar, Nemean, ch. 4.
Cretheus, a son of [♦]Æolus father of [♥]Æson, by Tyro his brother’s daughter. Apollodorus, bk. 1, ch. 7, &c.
[♦] ‘Œolus’ replaced with ‘Æolus’
[♥] ‘Œson’ replaced with ‘Æson’
Crethon, a son of Diocles, engaged in the Trojan war on the side of Greece. He was slain, with his brother Orsilochus, by [♦]Æneas. Homer, Iliad, bk. 5, li. 540.
[♦] ‘Œneas’ replaced with ‘Æneas’
Cretĭcus, a certain orator. Juvenal, satire 2, li. 67.——A surname of Marcus Antony’s father.