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In Greek mythology, Perses (/ ˈ p ɜːr s i z /; Ancient Greek: Πέρσης) is the son of Andromeda and Perseus, the king of Tiryns. Perses is left in Cossaei and with the Oceanid, fathers descendants. Greek mythology identifies Perses as the ancestor of the Persians. [1]
Soon after, their child, a son, was born; Perseus-"Perseus Eurymedon, [b] for his mother gave him this name as well". [ 12 ] Fearful for his future, but unwilling to provoke the wrath of the gods and the Erinyes by killing the offspring of Zeus and his daughter, Acrisius cast the two into the sea in a wooden chest. [ 13 ]
Perses, the son of the Titan Crius and the sea-goddess Eurybia, brother to Astraeus and Pallas. [1] He married his cousin Asteria and became the father of Hecate. [2] Perses, the son of the sun-god Helios and the sea-nymph Perse, brother to Aeëtes, Circe and Pasiphaë. [3] Perses, the son of Perseus and Andromeda and legendary ancestor of the ...
According to the mythographer Apollodorus, Sthenelus was the son of the Greek hero Perseus and the Ethiopian princess Andromeda, and the brother of Perses, Alcaeus, Heleus, Mestor, Electryon, and Gorgophone. [1] By Nicippe, sister of Atreus and Thyestes, [2] Sthenelus became the father of Eurystheus, Alcyone and Medusa . [3]
Heleus accompanied his nephew Amphitryon, son of Alcaeus, on the expedition to Taphos, and after the victory shared the sovereignty of their domain with Cephalus. [ 2 ] The town Helos in Laconia was said to have been founded by and named after him.
Perseus, the missing son of the true king of Argos (murdered by a usurper who married his widow), is captured by the troops of an evil monarch and forced to fight as a gladiator. But he escapes and plots to overthrow the villain, still having time to face the Medusa and try his luck if he can bring the petrified soldiers back to life.
The story ends with the demigod Perseus — who Percy Jackson is named after — decapitating Medusa and gifting her head to Athena. ... But Percy is the son of Poseidon, and Annabeth, who joins ...
Perseus and Andromeda had seven sons: Perses, Alcaeus, Heleus, Mestor, Sthenelus, Electryon, and Cynurus, and two daughters, Gorgophone, and Autochthe. Perses was left in Aethiopia and was believed to have become an ancestor of the Persians. The other descendants ruled Mycenae from Electryon down to Eurystheus, after whom Atreus got the kingdom.