(), a son of Aeolus and Enarete, was married to
Tyro, the daughter of Salmoneus, by whom he became the father of Aeson, Pheres, Amythaon, and
Hippolyte. He is called the founder of the town of Iolcus. (Hom. Od.
11.236, 258; Apollod.
1.9.11; comp. Paus. 8.25.5.) According to another
tradition, Cretheus was married to Demodice or Biadice, who loved Phrixus, and as her love was
rejected by the latter, she calumniously accused him to Cretheus of having been guilty of
improper conduct. (Hygin. Poet. Ast. 2.20; PHRIXUS.)