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Name Chrysaor
Gender Masculine
Usage Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek
Scripts Χρυσάωρ, Χρυσάορος(Ancient Greek)
Other Forms FormsKhrysaor, Chrysáoros
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Meaning & History
Means "sword of gold" or "he who has a golden sword", from Ancient Greek χρυσός (chrysos) meaning "golden" and ἄορ (aor) meaning "sword hung in a belt, hanger; any weapon". In Greek mythology Chrysaor was a son of Poseidon and Medusa, he and his brother Pegasus springing from the severed neck of their mother. It was also an epithet of several deities.