Perses (mythology)
{{short description|Several men in Greek mythology}}
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In Greek mythology, Perses ({{langx|grc|Πέρσης|Pérsēs|destroyer}}) can refer to the following individuals:
- Perses, the son of the Titan Crius and the sea-goddess Eurybia, brother to Astraeus and Pallas.Hesiod, Theogony, [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0130%3Acard%3D371 375]. He married his cousin Asteria and became the father of Hecate.Hesiod, Theogony, [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0130%3Acard%3D404 404]
- Perses, the son of the sun-god Helios and the sea-nymph Perse, brother to Aeëtes, Circe and Pasiphaë.Hyginus, Fabulae [https://topostext.org/work/206#0.2 Preface]
- Perses, the son of Perseus and Andromeda and legendary ancestor of the Persians.Herodotus [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0126%3Abook%3D7%3Achapter%3D150%3Asection%3D2 7.150.2]Apollodorus [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+2.4.5&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022 2.4.5]
- Perses, the father of Chariclo.Scholia on Pindar [https://scaife.perseus.org/reader/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg5034.tlg001b.perseus-grc1:4.182 P.4.82] He might be one of the others above.
See also
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Bibliography
- Apollodorus, Apollodorus, The Library, with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text;jsessionid=C431BA809CA4DEA22A15DA9C666F3400?doc=Perseus%3atext%3a1999.01.0022%3atext%3dLibrary Online version at the Perseus Digital Library].
- Herodotus, Histories with an English translation by A. D. Godley. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1920. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0126%3Abook%3D1%3Achapter%3D1%3Asection%3D0 Online version available at Perseus Digital Library.]
- Hesiod, Theogony, in The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0130%3Acard%3D1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library].
- Hyginus, Gaius Julius, [http://www.theoi.com/Text/HyginusFabulae1.html The Myths of Hyginus]. Edited and translated by Mary A. Grant, Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 1960.
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