Greek mythology A major branch of classical mythology, Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks, and a genre of Ancient Greek folklore. These stories concern the origin and nature of the world, the lives and activities of ...

, Chrysorthe (

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: Χρυσόρθη) was a Sicyonian princess as the daughter of King

Orthopolis In Greek mythology, Orthopolis (Ancient Greek: Ὀρθοπόλιδι or Ὀρθόπολιν means "upholding the city") was the 12th king of Sicyon who reigned for 63 years.Eusebius, ''Chronographia'63/ref> Family Orthopolis was the son and heir ...

, descendant of the city's founder

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. By

Apollo Apollo, grc, Ἀπόλλωνος, Apóllōnos, label=genitive , ; , grc-dor, Ἀπέλλων, Apéllōn, ; grc, Ἀπείλων, Apeílōn, label=Arcadocypriot Greek, ; grc-aeo, Ἄπλουν, Áploun, la, Apollō, la, Apollinis, label= ...

, she became the mother of Coronus who succeeded her father in the throne of Sicyon. Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio'
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References

* Pausanias, ''Description of Greece'' with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918.
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
* Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903
Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library
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