Creusa bore
Hypseus, the future king of the
Lapiths, and
Stilbe to the river god
Peneus. Through Hypseus, she was the grandmother of
Cyrene, one of the best known lovers of
Apollo while her daughter, Stilbe, gave birth to twin sons to the same god. These sons were
Lapithes and
Centaurus progenitors of the warrior tribe, Lapiths and the wild half-beasts,
Centaurs. In another version of the myth, Creusa was called the daughter of Peneus and
Naïs. According to
Pherecydes, the latter was also the reputed mother of Hypseus by the same river god. In one account, the mother of the Lapith king was called
Philyra. == Mythology ==