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Definition of Crius
1. Noun. (Greek mythology) one of the Titans.
Definition of Crius
1. Proper noun. (Greek god) A Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaia. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crius
Literary usage of Crius
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Herodotus: A New English Version by Herodotus, George Rawlinson, Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, John Gardner Wilkinson (1859)
"This he said in consequence of instructions which he had received from
Demaratus.6 Hereupon Cleomenes, finding that he must quit Egina, asked Crius his name ..."
2. The History of Herodotus: A New English Version, Ed. with Copious Notes and by Herodotus, George Rawlinson, Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, John Gardner Wilkinson (1889)
"This he said in consequence of instructions which he had received from
Demaratus.6 Hereupon Cleomenes, finding that he must quit Egina, asked Crius his name ..."
3. The Histories of Herodotus by Herodotus (1904)
"... asked Crius what his name was; and he told him the truth; whereupon Cleomenes
said to him, " Now then tip your horns with brass, O Crius,1 as you will ..."
4. Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of Baehr, with a by Herodotus, Henry Cary, Johann Christian Felix Bähr (1852)
"... asked Crius what his name was ; and he told him the truth ; whereupon Cleomenes
said to him, "Now then tip your horns with brass, 0 Crius,8 as you will ..."
5. The Description of Greece by Pausanias (1824)
"... was honoured in Sparta before the children of Hercules returned from banishment:
and a small temple was raised to him in the house of the prophet Crius, ..."
6. Pausanias' Description of Greece by Pausanias (1900)
"As .the daughter of this Crius was drawing water, some Dorian spies met her and
had a conversation with her, and went to Crius, and learnt of him the way to ..."
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