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, Chrysopeleia (; ) was a hamadryad

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The most prolonged account of her is given in

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, and runs as follows. The tree in which Chrysopeleia dwelt was put in danger by the waters of a flooding river. She was rescued by Arcas, who happened to be hunting in the neighborhood: he rerouted the river and secured the tree with a dam. Chrysopeleia became his lover and bore him two sons, Apheidas and Elatus. A nymph named Chrysopeleia is also mentioned by the mythographer

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as one of the possible spouses of Arcas.Hard, p. 629 n. 45 to p. 211;

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, ''Apollodorus, The Library, with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes'', Cambridge, Massachusetts,

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; London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1921.
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* Hard, Robin, ''The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology: Based on H.J. Rose's "Handbook of Greek Mythology"'', Psychology Press, 2004.
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