Chrysis
Appearance
Chrysis may refer to:
- Chrysis (wasp), a genus of cuckoo wasps in the family Chrysididae
- An ancient Greek personal name (as a female name: Χρυσίς, as a male name: Χρῦσις); in particular:
- Chrysis (priestess), priestess who caused the destruction of the Heraion of Argos in 423 BC
- Chrysis, the eponymous girl from Samos in the play Samia by Menander
- Chrysis, the eponymous girl from Andros in the play Andria by Terence
- Chrysis, the courtesan in the novel Aphrodite: mœurs antiques by Pierre Louÿs
- Chrysis, a mistress of Demetrius I of Macedon according to Plutarch's Lives
See also
[edit]- Chrysis Painter, a 5th-century BC Attic vase painter
- Crysis, a video game
- Crisis (disambiguation)