CHRYSE

:''This article is about the people and places of Greek myth. Chryse Planitia is also an extremely large impact basin on Mars''

★ In Greek mythology, 'Chryse' (Greek: Χρύση, 'Khrýsē') was a lover of Ares and mother of Phlegyas.

★ 'Chryse Island' (Greek: Χρύση, 'Khrýsē') is an island in the Mediterranean where, in Greek mythology, Philoctetes was bitten by a snake.

★ 'Chryse' is the Greek name of a legendary island of gold in the East Indies. This name was applied by the geographer Ptolemy to the country that is now called Malaysia.

★ 'Chryse' is also the name of a town mentioned in The Iliad, from which Agamemnon took Chryseis.

★ 'Chryse' is the name of the father of Chryseis, a woman Agamemnon took as a slave during the Trojan War.

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