Perses

First appears: Apollodorus, Library 1.2

🌐 Also appears in: The Metamorphoses of Ovid (as Perses)

In Apollodorus, Perses was born to Crius and Eurybia, and with Asteria became the father of Hecate. He was the brother of Aeetes, who was deposed by him, and an enemy of Medea, who killed him and restored the kingdom to her father.

Perses was also the father of Perseus, whom Perseus had by Andromeda before coming to Greece and left behind with Cepheus. In Hesiod, Asteria was the wife whom Perses led to his great house.

Relationship record

Apollodorus, Library 1.2

parent: Crius “to Crius and Eurybia, daughter of Sea ( Pontus), were born Astraeus, Pallas, and Perses”
parent: Eurybia “to Crius and Eurybia, daughter of Sea ( Pontus), were born Astraeus, Pallas, and Perses”
child: Hecate “to Perses and Asteria was born Hecate”

Apollodorus, Library 1.9

enemies with Medea “she killed Perses and restored the kingdom to her father.”
siblings with Aeetes “finding that Aeetes had been deposed by his brother Perses”

Apollodorus, Library 2.4

parent: Perseus “before he came to Greece he had Perses”
guardian: Cepheus “whom he left behind with Cepheus”
parent: Andromeda “And he had sons by Andromeda: before he came to Greece he had Perses”

Hesiod, Theogony 295-404

parent: Crius “And Eurybia, bright goddess, was joined in love to Crius and bare great Astraeus, and Pallas, and Perses”
married with Asteria “whom Perses once led to his great house to be called his dear wife.”
child: Hecate “And she conceived and bare Hecate whom Zeus the son of Cronos honoured above all.”

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