Perilaus (son of Icarius)

Also known as: Perilaus · Role: cousin and accuser · First appears: Book 8 · Chapter 34

Life events

• Perilaus sought vengeance for Clytæmnestra’s murder.(Book 8 · Chapter 34)
  • “Perilaus the cousin of Clytæmnestra, who asked for vengeance for the murder of his kinswoman.”

Book 8 · Chapter 34

• cousins with Clytæmnestra “Perilaus the cousin of Clytæmnestra, who asked for vengeance for the murder of his kinswoman.”
• parent: Icarius “Perilaus was the son of Icarius, who afterwards had daughters born to him.”
• with Orestes (Perilaus was Orestes's accuser at the trial before the Areopagus.) “but Perilaus the cousin of Clytæmnestra, who asked for vengeance for the murder of his kinswoman.”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.