Chryse ( grc, Χρύση) is a name occurring in Ancient Greek geography, reported by ancient authors to have referred to the following places: * Chryse (island), a former island in the Mediterranean where, in Greek mythology Philoctetes was bitten by a snake. This island is underwater now. * Chryse and Argyre, one of a pair of legendary islands in the Indian Ocean said to be made of gold and silver *Chryse, a town mentioned in Homer's ''Iliad'', from which Agamemnon took

Chryseis In Greek mythology, Chryseis (, grc, Χρυσηΐς, translit=Khrysēís, ) is a Trojan woman, the daughter of Chryses. Chryseis, her apparent name in the ''Iliad'', means simply "Chryses' daughter"; later writers give her real name as Astynome ...

*''Chrysē nēsos'' (Golden Island), an ancient poetical name for the island

Thasos Thasos or Thassos ( el, Θάσος, ''Thásos'') is a Greek island in the North Aegean Sea. It is the northernmost major Greek island, and 12th largest by area. The island has an area of and a population of about 13,000. It forms a separate r ...

, for its gold mines *Chryse, a promontory of

Lemnos Lemnos or Limnos ( el, Λήμνος; grc, Λῆμνος) is a Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea. Administratively the island forms a separate municipality within the Lemnos regional unit, which is part of the North Aegean region. The ...

opposite Tenedos

Stephanus of Byzantium Stephanus or Stephan of Byzantium ( la, Stephanus Byzantinus; grc-gre, Στέφανος Βυζάντιος, ''Stéphanos Byzántios''; centuryAD), was a Byzantine grammarian and the author of an important geographical dictionary entitled ''Ethni ...

s. v. ''Khrysē'' * Chryse (Aeolis), a town of ancient Aeolis, now in Turkey *

Chryse (Lesbos) Chryse ( grc, Χρύση) was a town of ancient Lesbos Lesbos or Lesvos ( el, Λέσβος, Lésvos ) is a Greek island located in the northeastern Aegean Sea. It has an area of with approximately of coastline, making it the third largest islan ...

, Lesbos, a place in Greece *

Chryse (Troad) Chryse ( gr, Χρύση), or Chrysa (Χρύσα), was a town of the ancient Troad, mentioned by Pliny as being on the coast north of Cape Lectum Cape Baba ( tr, Baba Burnu) or Cape Lecton ( grc, Λεκτόν), is the westernmost point of the Turki ...

, a town of the ancient Troad, now in Turkey *Chryse,

Skyros Skyros ( el, Σκύρος, ), in some historical contexts Latinized Scyros ( grc, Σκῦρος, ), is an island in Greece, the southernmost of the Sporades, an archipelago in the Aegean Sea The Aegean Sea ; tr, Ege Denizi (Greek: Αι ...

, a village or place in Ancient Greece *

Chryse (Caria) Chryse ( gr, Χρύση) was a town of ancient Caria, mentioned by Stephanus of Byzantium as being near Halicarnassus Halicarnassus (; grc, Ἁλικαρνᾱσσός ''Halikarnāssós'' or ''Alikarnāssós''; tr, Halikarnas; Carian: 𐊠� ...

, a place in the area of Halicarnassus, now in Turkey * Chryse (Hellespont), located between Ophrynion and Abydos *

Chryse (Bithynia) Chryse ( gr, Χρύση) was a town of Bithynia, mentioned by Stephanus of Byzantium as being near Chalcedon Chalcedon ( or ; , sometimes transliterated as ''Chalkedon'') was an ancient maritime town of Bithynia, in Asia Minor. It was located ...

, close to Chalcedon *Chryse, Gaidaronisi, an island near Crete *

Isle of Chryse The Golden Chersonese or Golden Khersonese ( grc, Χρυσῆ Χερσόνησος, ''Chrysḗ Chersónēsos''; la, Chersonesus Aurea), meaning the Golden Peninsula, was the name used for the Malay Peninsula by Greek and Roman geographers in cl ...

, a term in classical antiquity for the Malay peninsula or Sumatra

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