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Chrysaor
Sign in to saveIn Greek mythology, Chrysaor (, gen. ), "he who has a golden sword" (from "golden" and "sword") was the brother of the winged horse Pegasus, often depicted as a young man, the son of Poseidon and Medusa, born when Perseus decapitated the Gorgon Medusa.
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- Deity.type
- Greek
- Deity.name
- Chrysaor
- Deity.image
- Close up of Khrysaor at the pediment of Artemis temple in Corfu.jpg
- Deity.caption
- Chrysaor, son of the Gorgon at the pediment of the Temple of Artemis in Corfu
- Deity.consort
- Callirrhoe
- Deity.parents
- Poseidon and Medusa
- Deity.siblings
- Pegasus and several paternal half-siblings
- Deity.children
- Geryon and Echidna
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- The Birth of Pegasus and Chrysaor 1876-1885 Edward Burne-Jones.jpg
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- Chrysaor
- name in native language
- Χρυσάωρ
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In Greek mythology, Chrysaor (, gen. ), "he who has a golden sword" (from "golden" and "sword") was the brother of the winged horse Pegasus, often depicted as a young man, the son of Poseidon and Medusa, born when Perseus decapitated the Gorgon Medusa.
==Mythology== In Greek mythology, Medusa was one of the Gorgons, three monstrous siblings. Medusa, unlike her sisters Stheno and Euryale, was mortal, and was beheaded by Perseus. Chrysaor and Pegasus sprang from the blood of her decapitated body.