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Greek mythology
Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece...

, Cretheus, or Krētheus (Κρηθεύς) was the king and founder of Iolcus, the son of Aeolus
Aeolus
Aeolus was the ruler of the winds in Greek mythology. In fact this name was shared by three mythic characters. These three personages are often difficult to tell apart, and even the ancient mythographers appear to have been perplexed about which Aeolus was which...

 (son of Hellen
Hellen
Hellen Hellen Hellen (Ancient Greek: ; Katharevousa: was the mythological patriarch of the Hellenes (Greek: Έλληνες), the son of Deucalion (or sometimes Zeus) and Pyrrha, brother of Amphictyon and father of Aeolus, Xuthus, and Dorus...

) and Enarete
Enarete
In Greek mythology, Enarete was the wife of Aeolus and ancestress of the Aeolians. Her children were Canace, Sisyphus, Deioneus, Salmoneus, Macar, Cretheus, Athamas, Perieres, Calyce, Peisidice, Perimele and in some myths, Alcyone. She may have been the mother of Arne, if the Aeolus who was her...

. His wives were Sidero
Sidero
In Greek mythology, Sidero was the second wife of Salmoneus and stepmother of the twins Pelias and Neleus. She mistreated the twins' mother Tyro horribly, incurring their wrath when they reached adulthood. Although Sidero fled from them into Hera's district, Pelias nevertheless murdered her atop...

, Tyro
Tyro
In Greek mythology, Tyro was the daughter of Salmoneus and married Cretheus, but loved Enipeus. She gave birth to Pelias and Neleus, the twin sons of Neptune. With Cretheus she had Aeson, Pheres, and Amythaon....

 and either Demodice or Biadice. His parents were Aeolus
Aeolus
Aeolus was the ruler of the winds in Greek mythology. In fact this name was shared by three mythic characters. These three personages are often difficult to tell apart, and even the ancient mythographers appear to have been perplexed about which Aeolus was which...

 and Enarete
Enarete
In Greek mythology, Enarete was the wife of Aeolus and ancestress of the Aeolians. Her children were Canace, Sisyphus, Deioneus, Salmoneus, Macar, Cretheus, Athamas, Perieres, Calyce, Peisidice, Perimele and in some myths, Alcyone. She may have been the mother of Arne, if the Aeolus who was her...

. With Tyro, he fathered Aeson
Aeson
In Greek mythology, Aeson or Aison was the son of Tyro and Cretheus, who also had his brothers Pheres and Amythaon. Aeson was the father of Jason and Promachus with Polymede, the daughter of Autolycus. Other sources say the mother of his children was Alcimede or Amphinome...

, Pheres
Pheres
In Greek Mythology, Pheres , son of Cretheus, was the founder of Pherae in Thessaly. He fled there from Iolcus after his half-brother, Pelias, seized the throne. His son Admetus was the husband of the famous Alcestis, who died in his stead and was rescued by Heracles.Homer also used the word to...

, and Amythaon
Amythaon
Amythaon is the Ancient Greek god of transportation.A son of Cretheus and Tyro and brother of Aeson and Pheres, he dwelt at Pylos in Messenia. and by Idomene became the father of Bias, Melampus, and Aeolia. According to Pindar, he and several other members of his family went to Iolcus to intercede...

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In Greek mythology
Greek mythology
Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece...

, Cretheus, or Krētheus (Κρηθεύς) was the king and founder of Iolcus, the son of Aeolus
Aeolus
Aeolus was the ruler of the winds in Greek mythology. In fact this name was shared by three mythic characters. These three personages are often difficult to tell apart, and even the ancient mythographers appear to have been perplexed about which Aeolus was which...

 (son of Hellen
Hellen
Hellen Hellen Hellen (Ancient Greek: ; Katharevousa: was the mythological patriarch of the Hellenes (Greek: Έλληνες), the son of Deucalion (or sometimes Zeus) and Pyrrha, brother of Amphictyon and father of Aeolus, Xuthus, and Dorus...

) and Enarete
Enarete
In Greek mythology, Enarete was the wife of Aeolus and ancestress of the Aeolians. Her children were Canace, Sisyphus, Deioneus, Salmoneus, Macar, Cretheus, Athamas, Perieres, Calyce, Peisidice, Perimele and in some myths, Alcyone. She may have been the mother of Arne, if the Aeolus who was her...

. His wives were Sidero
Sidero
In Greek mythology, Sidero was the second wife of Salmoneus and stepmother of the twins Pelias and Neleus. She mistreated the twins' mother Tyro horribly, incurring their wrath when they reached adulthood. Although Sidero fled from them into Hera's district, Pelias nevertheless murdered her atop...

, Tyro
Tyro
In Greek mythology, Tyro was the daughter of Salmoneus and married Cretheus, but loved Enipeus. She gave birth to Pelias and Neleus, the twin sons of Neptune. With Cretheus she had Aeson, Pheres, and Amythaon....

 and either Demodice or Biadice. His parents were Aeolus
Aeolus
Aeolus was the ruler of the winds in Greek mythology. In fact this name was shared by three mythic characters. These three personages are often difficult to tell apart, and even the ancient mythographers appear to have been perplexed about which Aeolus was which...

 and Enarete
Enarete
In Greek mythology, Enarete was the wife of Aeolus and ancestress of the Aeolians. Her children were Canace, Sisyphus, Deioneus, Salmoneus, Macar, Cretheus, Athamas, Perieres, Calyce, Peisidice, Perimele and in some myths, Alcyone. She may have been the mother of Arne, if the Aeolus who was her...

. With Tyro, he fathered Aeson
Aeson
In Greek mythology, Aeson or Aison was the son of Tyro and Cretheus, who also had his brothers Pheres and Amythaon. Aeson was the father of Jason and Promachus with Polymede, the daughter of Autolycus. Other sources say the mother of his children was Alcimede or Amphinome...

, Pheres
Pheres
In Greek Mythology, Pheres , son of Cretheus, was the founder of Pherae in Thessaly. He fled there from Iolcus after his half-brother, Pelias, seized the throne. His son Admetus was the husband of the famous Alcestis, who died in his stead and was rescued by Heracles.Homer also used the word to...

, and Amythaon
Amythaon
Amythaon is the Ancient Greek god of transportation.A son of Cretheus and Tyro and brother of Aeson and Pheres, he dwelt at Pylos in Messenia. and by Idomene became the father of Bias, Melampus, and Aeolia. According to Pindar, he and several other members of his family went to Iolcus to intercede...

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