Chrysaor’s Family Tree

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Family

• Medusa(parent),Poseidon(parent),Pegasus(sibling)— Consort · Miraculous

  Poseidon lay with Medusa in Athena's temple. When Perseus later beheaded Medusa, both Pegasus and Chrysaor sprang from her severed neck, born of Poseidon's divine seed.

• Callirrhoe(spouse),Geryon(child)— Consort

  Chrysaor and the Oceanid Callirrhoe were the parents of Geryon, the three-bodied giant of Erytheia, according to Hesiod's Theogony.

Associated with

• Gorgons

  Chrysaor, the golden-sworded warrior, sprang from the neck of the slain Gorgon Medusa alongside Pegasus. The Gorgons Euryale and Stheno witnessed the aftermath of their sister's beheading by Perseus.

• Perseus

  When Perseus beheaded Medusa, Chrysaor and Pegasus sprang from her severed neck. Perseus's act of slaying Medusa was the direct cause of Chrysaor's birth.