Figure Greek and Roman
Cretheus
Κρηθεύς grc
In Greek mythology, king and founder of Iolcus
One office on record
Holding an office is not parentage and not discipleship.
- Dates unrecorded king of Iolcus
Family tree
The family as a list · 11
Family 11
- child of (child) Aiolos hero ancestor of the Aeolians, son of Hellen
- child of (child) Enarete daughter of Deimachus in Greek mythology
- parent of (father) Aeson father of Jason in Greek mythology
- parent of (father) Amythaon son of Cretheus in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Astydameia
- parent of (child) Myrina daughter of Cretheus in Greek mythology
- parent of (father) Neleus mythical son of Poseidon or Cretheus and father of Nestor
- parent of (father) Pelias mythical king of Iolcus, and son of Poseidon who sent Jason on the quest for the Golden Fleece
- parent of (father) Pheres son of Cretheus in Greek mythology
- married to Demodice
- married to Tyro daughter of Salmoneus in Greek mythology
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