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Gender Feminine
Usage Greek Mythology
Scripts Κερόεσσα(Ancient Greek)
Other Forms FormsCeroessa (latinized form)
Meaning & History
Derived from Greek κερόεις (keroeis) meaning "horned" (feminine κερόεσσα (keroessa)). In Greek mythology Keroessa was the daughter of Io by Zeus and mother of Byzas, founder of Byzantium. This was also used as an epithet of the goddess Persephone in the Orphic Hymn to Persephone.