Coresus

Not to be confused with Croesus.

In Greek mythology, the name Coresus (Greek: Κόρησος) may refer to:

"The High Priest Coresus Sacrificing Himself to Save Callirhoe" (1765) by Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732–1806)

References

  1. Pausanias, Description of Greece, 7. 2. 7
  2. Etymologicum Magnum, 447. 40, under Kaystros
  3. Pausanias, Description of Greece, 7. 21. 1–5


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