In Greek mythology, the name Crino (; ) may refer to:
Crino, one of the many consorts of King Danaus of Libya, mother of the Danaïdes Callidice, Oeme, Celaeno and Hyperippe. These daughters wed and slayed their cousin-husbands, sons of King Aegyptus of Egypt and Hephaestine during their wedding night.Apollodorus, 2.1.5 According to Hippostratus, Danaus had all of his progeny by a single woman, Europe, daughter of the river-god Nilus.Tzetzes, Chiliades 7.37 p. 370-371 In some accounts, he married his cousin Melia, daughter of Agenor, king of Tyre.Scholia ad Apollonius Rhodius, 3.1186 Crino, daughter of AntenorPausanias, 10.27.4 and Theano. Pausanias mentions a painting of her by Polygnotus, where she is portrayed standing next to her father, with a baby in her arms.Pausanias, 10.27.4
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