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<span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bibliography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bibliography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Bibliography</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bibliography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>External 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3" title="بيرسيوس – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="بيرسيوس" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hyw mw-list-item"><a href="https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8A%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%BD%D5%A5%D6%82%D5%BD" title="Պերսեւս – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="Պերսեւս" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Արեւմտահայերէն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frp mw-list-item"><a href="https://frp.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A8rs%C3%A8o" title="Pèrsèo – Arpitan" lang="frp" hreflang="frp" data-title="Pèrsèo" data-language-autonym="Arpetan" data-language-local-name="Arpitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Arpetan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pers%C3%A9u" title="Perséu – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Perséu" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persey" title="Persey – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Persey" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%B8" title="পের্সেউস – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="পের্সেউস" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B9" title="Персей – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Персей" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B9" title="Персей – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Персей" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B9_(%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%8F)" title="Персей (митология) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Персей (митология)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perzej_(mitologija)" title="Perzej (mitologija) – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Perzej (mitologija)" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perse%C3%BCs" title="Perseüs – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Perseüs" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseu_(heroi_grec)" title="Perseu (heroi grec) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Perseu (heroi grec)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B9" title="Персей – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Персей" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseus" title="Perseus – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Perseus" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseus_(mytholeg)" title="Perseus (mytholeg) – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Perseus (mytholeg)" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseus" title="Perseus – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Perseus" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseus_(Sohn_des_Zeus)" title="Perseus (Sohn des Zeus) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Perseus (Sohn des Zeus)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseus" title="Perseus – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Perseus" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%B5%CF%81%CF%83%CE%AD%CE%B1%CF%82" title="Περσέας – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Περσέας" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseo" title="Perseo – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Perseo" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseo" title="Perseo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Perseo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pertseo" title="Pertseo – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Pertseo" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A6%D9%88%D8%B3" title="پرسئوس – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="پرسئوس" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pers%C3%A9e" title="Persée – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Persée" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peirs%C3%A9as" title="Peirséas – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Peirséas" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseo" title="Perseo – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Perseo" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%8E%98%EB%A5%B4%EC%84%B8%EC%9A%B0%EC%8A%A4" title="페르세우스 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="페르세우스" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8A%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%BD%D6%87%D5%BD" title="Պերսևս – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Պերսևս" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perzej_(mitologija)" title="Perzej (mitologija) – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Perzej (mitologija)" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseus_(mitologi)" title="Perseus (mitologi) – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Perseus (mitologi)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseifur" title="Perseifur – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Perseifur" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseo" title="Perseo – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Perseo" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%A1%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A1" title="פרסאוס – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="פרסאוס" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseus_(mitologi)" title="Perseus (mitologi) – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Perseus (mitologi)" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9E%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A1%E1%83%94%E1%83%95%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98" title="პერსევსი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="პერსევსი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B9" title="Персей – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Персей" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farisi" title="Farisi – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Farisi" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perse%C3%BBs" title="Perseûs – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Perseûs" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseus" title="Perseus – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Perseus" data-language-autonym="Latina" 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data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perszeusz_(mitol%C3%B3gia)" title="Perszeusz (mitológia) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Perszeusz (mitológia)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%98_(%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0)" title="Персеј (митологија) – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Персеј (митологија)" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pers%C3%A9e" title="Persée – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Persée" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%86%E0%B5%BC%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%82%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D" title="പെർസ്യൂസ് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="പെർസ്യൂസ്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseus" title="Perseus – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Perseus" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mni mw-list-item"><a href="https://mni.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%AF%84%EA%AF%94%EA%AF%81%EA%AF%A4%EA%AF%8C%EA%AF%81" title="ꯄꯔꯁꯤꯌꯁ – Manipuri" lang="mni" hreflang="mni" data-title="ꯄꯔꯁꯤꯌꯁ" data-language-autonym="ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ" data-language-local-name="Manipuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%95%E1%80%AB%E1%80%B8%E1%80%86%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%9A%E1%80%95%E1%80%BA%E1%80%85%E1%80%BA" title="ပါးဆီးယပ်စ် – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ပါးဆီးယပ်စ်" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseus_(mythologie)" title="Perseus (mythologie) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Perseus (mythologie)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9A%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%B9" title="ペルセウス – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ペルセウス" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persevs" title="Persevs – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Persevs" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persevs" title="Persevs – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Persevs" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pers%C3%A8u" title="Persèu – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Persèu" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseus" title="Perseus – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Perseus" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AA%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%85%E0%A8%B8" title="ਪਰਸੀਅਸ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਪਰਸੀਅਸ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseo" title="Perseo – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Perseo" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseusz" title="Perseusz – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Perseusz" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseu" title="Perseu – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Perseu" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseu" title="Perseu – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Perseu" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B9" title="Персей – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Персей" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseus" title="Perseus – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Perseus" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseu" title="Perseu – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Perseu" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirseu_(mitulugg%C3%ACa)" title="Pirseu (mituluggìa) – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Pirseu (mituluggìa)" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseus" title="Perseus – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Perseus" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseus_(mytol%C3%B3gia)" title="Perseus (mytológia) – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Perseus (mytológia)" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perzej" title="Perzej – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Perzej" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%98" title="Персеј – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Персеј" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perzej_(mitologija)" title="Perzej (mitologija) – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Perzej (mitologija)" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseus" title="Perseus – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Perseus" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseus" title="Perseus – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Perseus" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseus" title="Perseus – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Perseus" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%AA" title="เพอร์ซิอัส – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="เพอร์ซิอัส" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-chr mw-list-item"><a href="https://chr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%8F%8B%E1%8F%8F%E1%8E%A5%E1%8F%8D" title="ᏋᏏᎥᏍ – Cherokee" lang="chr" hreflang="chr" data-title="ᏋᏏᎥᏍ" data-language-autonym="ᏣᎳᎩ" data-language-local-name="Cherokee" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᏣᎳᎩ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseus" title="Perseus – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Perseus" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B9" title="Персей – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Персей" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseus" title="Perseus – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" 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title="Greek language">Greek</a>: Περσεύς, <a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Greek" title="Romanization of Greek">translit.</a> Perseús) is the legendary founder of the <a href="/wiki/Perseid_dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Perseid dynasty">Perseid dynasty</a>. He was, alongside <a href="/wiki/Cadmus" title="Cadmus">Cadmus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bellerophon" title="Bellerophon">Bellerophon</a>, the greatest <a href="/wiki/Greek_hero" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek hero">Greek hero</a> and slayer of monsters before the days of <a href="/wiki/Heracles" title="Heracles">Heracles</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He beheaded the <a href="/wiki/Gorgon" class="mw-redirect" title="Gorgon">Gorgon</a> <a href="/wiki/Medusa" title="Medusa">Medusa</a> for <a href="/wiki/Polydectes" title="Polydectes">Polydectes</a> and saved <a href="/wiki/Andromeda_(mythology)" title="Andromeda (mythology)">Andromeda</a> from the sea monster <a href="/wiki/Cetus_(mythology)" title="Cetus (mythology)">Cetus</a>. He was the son of <a href="/wiki/Zeus" title="Zeus">Zeus</a> and the mortal <a href="/wiki/Dana%C3%AB" title="Danaë">Danaë</a>, as well as the half-brother and great-grandfather of Heracles (as they were both children of Zeus, and Heracles's mother was descended from Perseus). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Perseus&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Because of the obscurity of the name "Perseus" and the legendary character of its bearer, most etymologists presume that it might be pre-Greek; however, the name of Perseus's native city was Greek and so were the names of his wife and relatives. There is some idea that it descended into Greek from the <a href="/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_language" title="Proto-Indo-European language">Proto-Indo-European language</a>. In that regard <a href="/wiki/Robert_Graves" title="Robert Graves">Graves</a> proposed the only Greek derivation available: <i>Perseus</i> might be from the Greek verb <i><span class="texhtml">πέρθειν</span></i> (<i>pérthein</i>, "to waste, ravage, sack, destroy") some form of which is familiar in Homeric epithets.<sup id="cite_ref-Graves-1955_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Graves-1955-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <a href="/wiki/Carl_Darling_Buck" title="Carl Darling Buck">Buck</a>, the <i>-eus</i> suffix is typically used to form an agent noun, in this case from the <a href="/wiki/Aorist" title="Aorist">aorist</a> stem, <i>pers-</i>. <i>Pers-eus</i> therefore is a "sacker [of cities]";<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that is, a soldier by occupation, a fitting name for the first Mycenaean warrior. </p><p>The further origin of <i>perth-</i> is more obscure. Hofmann lists the possible root as <i>*bher-</i>, from which Latin <i>ferio</i>, "strike".<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This corresponds to <a href="/wiki/Julius_Pokorny" title="Julius Pokorny">Pokorny's</a> <i>*bher-</i>(3), "scrape, cut". Ordinarily <i>*bh-</i> descends to Greek as <i>ph-</i>. This difficulty can be overcome by presuming a <a href="/wiki/Dissimilation" title="Dissimilation">dissimilation</a> from the <i>-th-</i> in <i>pérthein</i>, which the Greeks would have preferred from a putative <i>*phérthein</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Graves carries the meaning still further, to the <i>Perse-</i> in <a href="/wiki/Persephone" title="Persephone">Persephone</a>, goddess of death.<sup id="cite_ref-Graves-1955_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Graves-1955-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Ventris" title="Michael Ventris">Ventris</a> & <a href="/wiki/John_Chadwick" title="John Chadwick">Chadwick</a> speculate about a <a href="/wiki/Mycenaean_Greece" title="Mycenaean Greece">Mycenaean</a> goddess <i>pe-re-*82</i> (<a href="/wiki/Linear_B" title="Linear B">Linear B</a>: <span title="Mycenaean Greek-language text"><span lang="gmy">𐀟𐀩𐁚</span></span>), attested on <span class="nowrap">tablet <a href="/wiki/Pylos" title="Pylos">PY</a> Tn 316,</span> and tentatively reconstructed as <i>*Preswa</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A Greek folk etymology connected <i>Perseus</i> to the name of the <a href="/wiki/Persian_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Persian people">Persian people</a>, whom they called the <i>Pérsai</i> (from <a href="/wiki/Old_Persian" title="Old Persian">Old Persian</a> <i>Pārsa</i> "Persia, a Persian"). However, the native name of the Persians – <i>Pārsa</i> in <a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a> – has always been pronounced with an <i>-a-</i>. <a href="/wiki/Herodotus" title="Herodotus">Herodotus</a><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> recounts this story, devising a foreign son of Andromeda and Perseus, <a href="/wiki/Perses_(son_of_Perseus)" title="Perses (son of Perseus)">Perses</a>, from whom the Persians took the name. Apparently the Persians also knew that story, as <a href="/wiki/Xerxes_I" title="Xerxes I">Xerxes</a> tried to use it to suborn the <a href="/wiki/Argive" class="mw-redirect" title="Argive">Argives</a> during his invasion of Greece,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but ultimately failed to do so. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mythology">Mythology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Perseus&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Mythology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Birth_of_Perseus">The Birth of Perseus</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Perseus&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: The Birth of Perseus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>King <a href="/wiki/Acrisius" title="Acrisius">Acrisius</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Argos" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Argos">Argos</a> had only one child, a daughter named <a href="/wiki/Dana%C3%AB" title="Danaë">Danaë</a>. Disappointed by not having a male heir, Acrisius consulted the <a href="/wiki/Delphi" title="Delphi">Oracle at Delphi</a>, who warned him that he would one day be killed by his own grandson. To keep Danaë childless, Acrisius imprisoned her in a room atop a bronze tower in the courtyard of his palace:<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This <a href="/wiki/Mytheme" title="Mytheme">mytheme</a> is also connected to <a href="/wiki/Ares" title="Ares">Ares</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oenopion" title="Oenopion">Oenopion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eurystheus" title="Eurystheus">Eurystheus</a>, and others. <a href="/wiki/Zeus" title="Zeus">Zeus</a> came to her in the form of a shower of gold, and fathered her child.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Soon after, their child, a son, was born; Perseus-"Perseus Eurymedon,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for his mother gave him this name as well".<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> Fearful for his future, but unwilling to provoke the wrath of the gods and the <a href="/wiki/Erinyes" title="Erinyes">Erinyes</a> by killing the offspring of Zeus and his daughter, Acrisius cast the two into the sea in a wooden chest.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Danaë's fearful prayer, made while afloat in the darkness, has been expressed by the poet <a href="/wiki/Simonides_of_Ceos" title="Simonides of Ceos">Simonides of Ceos</a>. Mother and child washed ashore on the island of <a href="/wiki/Serifos" title="Serifos">Seriphos</a>, where they were taken in by the fisherman <a href="/wiki/Dictys" title="Dictys">Dictys</a> ("fishing net"), who raised the boy to manhood. The brother of Dictys was <a href="/wiki/Polydectes" title="Polydectes">Polydectes</a> ("he who receives/welcomes many"), the king of the island.</p><figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Persus-with-the-head-of-med.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Persus-with-the-head-of-med.jpg/200px-Persus-with-the-head-of-med.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="267" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Persus-with-the-head-of-med.jpg/300px-Persus-with-the-head-of-med.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Persus-with-the-head-of-med.jpg/400px-Persus-with-the-head-of-med.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1458" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption><i>Perseo trionfante</i> by Antonio Canova (1801) <a href="/wiki/Musei_Vaticani" class="mw-redirect" title="Musei Vaticani">Musei Vaticani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="A_Horrifying_Wedding_Gift">A Horrifying Wedding Gift</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Perseus&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: A Horrifying Wedding Gift"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When Perseus was grown, Polydectes came to lust for the beautiful Danaë. Perseus believed Polydectes was less than honorable, and protected his mother from him; then Polydectes plotted to send Perseus away in disgrace. He held a large banquet where each guest was expected to bring a gift.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Polydectes requested that the guests bring horses, under the pretense that he was collecting contributions for the hand of <a href="/wiki/Hippodamia_(daughter_of_Oenomaus)" title="Hippodamia (daughter of Oenomaus)">Hippodamia</a>, daughter of Oinomaos. Perseus had no horse to give, so he asked Polydectes to name the gift; he would not refuse it. Polydectes held Perseus to his rash promise and demanded the snake-haired <a href="/wiki/Medusa" title="Medusa">Medusa</a>'s head. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Overcoming_Medusa">Overcoming Medusa</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Perseus&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Overcoming Medusa"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Medusa and her two immortal older sisters, <a href="/wiki/Stheno_and_Euryale" title="Stheno and Euryale">Stheno and Euryale</a>, were <a href="/wiki/Gorgon" class="mw-redirect" title="Gorgon">Gorgons</a>, monsters with snakes for hair, sharp <a href="/wiki/Fang" title="Fang">fangs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Claw" title="Claw">claws</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wing" title="Wing">wings</a> of <a href="/wiki/Gold_(color)" title="Gold (color)">gold</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Petrifaction_in_mythology_and_fiction" title="Petrifaction in mythology and fiction">gazes that turned people to stone</a>. </p><p>Before setting out on his quest, Perseus <a href="/wiki/Prayer" title="Prayer">prayed</a> to the gods and Zeus answered by sending two of his other children – <a href="/wiki/Hermes" title="Hermes">Hermes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Athena" title="Athena">Athena</a> – to bless their half-brother with the weapons needed to defeat Medusa. Hermes gave Perseus his own pair of <a href="/wiki/Talaria" title="Talaria">winged sandals</a> to fly with and lent him his <a href="/wiki/Harpe" title="Harpe">harpe sword</a> to slay Medusa with, and <a href="/wiki/Hades" title="Hades">Hades</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Cap_of_invisibility" title="Cap of invisibility">helm of darkness</a> to become invisible with. Athena lent Perseus her polished shield for him to view Medusa's reflection without becoming petrified, and gave him a <i>kibisis</i>, a knapsack to safely contain the Gorgon's head which the goddess warned could still petrify even in death. Lastly, Athena instructed Perseus to seek out the <a href="/wiki/Graeae" title="Graeae">Graeae</a>, the Gorgons' sisters, for the snake-haired women's whereabouts (in other versions, it was the <a href="/wiki/Hesperides" title="Hesperides">Hesperides nymphs</a> who gave Perseus the weapons after he sought out the Graeae). </p><p>Following Athena's guidance, Perseus found the Graeae, who were three old <a href="/wiki/Swan" title="Swan">swan</a>-shaped <a href="/wiki/Witchcraft" title="Witchcraft">witches</a> sharing a single eye and a single tooth. As the witches passed their eye from one to another, Perseus snatched it from them, holding it for ransom in return for the Gorgons' location. The Graeae informed Perseus that the Gorgons lived on the Island of Sarpedon. Perseus then gave the Graeae their eye back and proceeded to the island. </p><p>On the Island of Sarpedon, Perseus came across a cave where Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa lay sleeping. Using Athena's reflective shield, Perseus overcame the <a href="/wiki/Looking_taboo" title="Looking taboo">looking taboo</a>, walked into the cave backwards, safely observing and approaching the sleeping Gorgons. With Athena guiding the sword, Perseus <a href="/wiki/Decapitation" title="Decapitation">beheaded</a> Medusa. From Medusa's neck sprang her two children with <a href="/wiki/Poseidon" title="Poseidon">Poseidon</a>: the winged <a href="/wiki/Horse" title="Horse">horse</a> <a href="/wiki/Pegasus" title="Pegasus">Pegasus</a> ("he who sprang") and the <a href="/wiki/Giant" title="Giant">giant</a> <a href="/wiki/Chrysaor" title="Chrysaor">Chrysaor</a> ("sword of gold"). To avenge their sister's death, Stheno and Euryale flew after Perseus, but he escaped them by wearing Hades's invisibility helm.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From here he proceeded to visit <a href="/wiki/Atlas_(mythology)#King_of_Mauretania" title="Atlas (mythology)">King Atlas</a> who had refused him hospitality; in revenge Perseus petrified him with Medusa's head and King Atlas became the <a href="/wiki/Atlas_Mountains" title="Atlas Mountains">Atlas mountains</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Marriage_to_Andromeda">Marriage to Andromeda</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Perseus&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Marriage to Andromeda"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On the way back to Seriphos, Perseus stopped in the kingdom of <a href="/wiki/Aethiopia" title="Aethiopia">Aethiopia</a>. This mythical Ethiopia was ruled by King <a href="/wiki/Cepheus_(father_of_Andromeda)" title="Cepheus (father of Andromeda)">Cepheus</a> and Queen <a href="/wiki/Cassiopeia_(mother_of_Andromeda)" title="Cassiopeia (mother of Andromeda)">Cassiopeia</a>. Cassiopeia, having boasted that her daughter <a href="/wiki/Andromeda_(mythology)" title="Andromeda (mythology)">Andromeda</a> was more beautiful than the <a href="/wiki/Nereid" class="mw-redirect" title="Nereid">Nereids</a>, drew the vengeance of Poseidon, who sent an inundation on the land and a sea serpent, <a href="/wiki/Cetus_(mythology)" title="Cetus (mythology)">Cetus</a>, which destroyed man and beast. The <a href="/wiki/Siwa_Oasis" title="Siwa Oasis">oracle of Ammon</a> announced that no relief would be found until the king sacrificed his daughter, Andromeda, to the monster, and so she was fastened naked to a rock on the shore. Wearing the winged sandals given to him by Hermes, Perseus reached Andromeda and used the harpe to behead the monster (in other versions, Perseus used Medusa's head to petrify Cetus). By rescuing Andromeda, Perseus claimed her in marriage. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Perseus_and_andromeda_amphora.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Perseus_and_andromeda_amphora.jpg/220px-Perseus_and_andromeda_amphora.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Perseus_and_andromeda_amphora.jpg/330px-Perseus_and_andromeda_amphora.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Perseus_and_andromeda_amphora.jpg/440px-Perseus_and_andromeda_amphora.jpg 2x" data-file-width="988" data-file-height="776" /></a><figcaption>Perseus rescuing Andromeda from Cetus, depicted on an <a href="/wiki/Amphora" title="Amphora">amphora</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Altes_Museum" title="Altes Museum">Altes Museum</a>, Berlin</figcaption></figure> <p>Perseus married Andromeda in spite of <a href="/wiki/Phineus_(son_of_Belus)" title="Phineus (son of Belus)">Phineus</a>, to whom she had been previously engaged. At the wedding, a quarrel took place between the rivals, and Phineus was <a href="/wiki/Petrifaction_in_mythology_and_fiction" title="Petrifaction in mythology and fiction">petrified</a> by the sight of Medusa's head.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Andromeda ("queen of men") followed her husband to <a href="/wiki/Tiryns" title="Tiryns">Tiryns</a> in <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Argos" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Argos">Argos</a>, and became the ancestress of the family of the <a href="/wiki/Perseidae" class="mw-redirect" title="Perseidae">Perseidae</a> who ruled at <a href="/wiki/Tiryns" title="Tiryns">Tiryns</a> through her son with Perseus, <a href="/wiki/Perses_(son_of_Andromeda_and_Perseus)" class="mw-redirect" title="Perses (son of Andromeda and Perseus)">Perses</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After her death she was placed by Athena among the constellations in the northern sky, near Perseus and Cassiopeia.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Sophocles" title="Sophocles">Sophocles</a> and <a href="/wiki/Euripides" title="Euripides">Euripides</a> (and in more modern times <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Corneille" title="Pierre Corneille">Pierre Corneille</a>) made the episode of Perseus and Andromeda the subject of tragedies, and its incidents were represented in many ancient works of art. </p><p>As Perseus was flying in his return above the sands of <a href="/wiki/Libya_(mythology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Libya (mythology)">Libya</a>, according to <a href="/wiki/Apollonius_of_Rhodes" title="Apollonius of Rhodes">Apollonius of Rhodes</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the falling drops of Medusa's blood created a race of toxic serpents, one of whom was to kill the Argonaut <a href="/wiki/Mopsus" title="Mopsus">Mopsus</a>. Upon returning to Seriphos and discovering that his mother had to take refuge from the violent advances of Polydectes, Perseus killed him with Medusa's head, and made Dictys the new king of Seriphos. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Perseus_and_Andromeda_MAN_Napoli_Inv8995.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Perseus_and_Andromeda_MAN_Napoli_Inv8995.jpg/220px-Perseus_and_Andromeda_MAN_Napoli_Inv8995.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="271" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Perseus_and_Andromeda_MAN_Napoli_Inv8995.jpg/330px-Perseus_and_Andromeda_MAN_Napoli_Inv8995.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Perseus_and_Andromeda_MAN_Napoli_Inv8995.jpg/440px-Perseus_and_Andromeda_MAN_Napoli_Inv8995.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2625" data-file-height="3229" /></a><figcaption>Perseus and Andromeda, 1st century AD fresco from the Casa della Saffo, <a href="/wiki/Pompeii" title="Pompeii">Pompeii</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prophecy_fulfilled">Prophecy fulfilled</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Perseus&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Prophecy fulfilled"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Perseus then returned his magical loans and gave Medusa's head as a <a href="/wiki/Votive_offering" title="Votive offering">votive gift</a> to Athena, who set it on her <a href="/wiki/Aegis" title="Aegis">aegis</a> (which Zeus gave her) as the <i><a href="/wiki/Gorgoneion" class="mw-redirect" title="Gorgoneion">Gorgoneion</a></i>. The fulfillment of the oracle was told several ways, each incorporating the mythic theme of exile. In <a href="/wiki/Pausanias_(geographer)" title="Pausanias (geographer)">Pausanias</a><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he did not return to Argos, but went instead to <a href="/wiki/Larissa" title="Larissa">Larissa</a>, where athletic games were being held. He had just invented the <a href="/wiki/Quoits" title="Quoits">quoit</a> and was making a public display of them when Acrisius, who happened to be visiting, stepped into the trajectory of the quoit and was killed: thus the oracle was fulfilled. This is an unusual variant on the story of such a prophecy, as Acrisius's actions did not, in this variant, cause his death. </p><p>In the <i><a href="/wiki/Bibliotheca_(Pseudo-Apollodorus)" title="Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)">Bibliotheca</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the inevitable occurred by another route: Perseus did return to Argos, but when Acrisius learned of his grandson's approach, mindful of the oracle he went into voluntary exile in <a href="/wiki/Pelasgians" title="Pelasgians">Pelasgiotis</a> (<a href="/wiki/Thessaly" title="Thessaly">Thessaly</a>). There Teutamides, king of <a href="/wiki/Larissa" title="Larissa">Larissa</a>, was holding <a href="/wiki/Funeral_games" title="Funeral games">funeral games</a> for his father. Competing in the discus throw, Perseus's throw veered-and struck Acrisius, killing him instantly. In a third tradition,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Acrisius had been driven into exile by his brother <a href="/wiki/Proetus" title="Proetus">Proetus</a>. Perseus petrified the brother with Medusa's head and restored Acrisius to the throne. Then, accused by Acrisius of lying about having slain Medusa, Perseus proves himself by showing Acrisius the Gorgon's head, thus fulfilling the prophecy. </p><p>Having killed Acrisius, Perseus, who was next in line for the throne, gave the kingdom to <a href="/wiki/Megapenthes_(son_of_Proetus)" title="Megapenthes (son of Proetus)">Megapenthes</a> ("great mourning"), son of <a href="/wiki/Proetus" title="Proetus">Proetus</a>, and took over Megapenthes's kingdom of <a href="/wiki/Tiryns" title="Tiryns">Tiryns</a>. The story is related in Pausanias,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who gives as motivation for the swap that Perseus was ashamed to have become king of Argos by inflicting death. In any case, early Greek literature reiterates that manslaughter, even involuntary, requires the exile of the slaughterer, expiation and ritual purification. The exchange might well have proved a creative solution to a difficult problem. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="King_of_Mycenae">King of Mycenae</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Perseus&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: King of Mycenae"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Piero_di_Cosimo_-_Liberazione_di_Andromeda_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Piero_di_Cosimo_-_Liberazione_di_Andromeda_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/300px-Piero_di_Cosimo_-_Liberazione_di_Andromeda_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="171" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Piero_di_Cosimo_-_Liberazione_di_Andromeda_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/450px-Piero_di_Cosimo_-_Liberazione_di_Andromeda_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Piero_di_Cosimo_-_Liberazione_di_Andromeda_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/600px-Piero_di_Cosimo_-_Liberazione_di_Andromeda_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 2x" data-file-width="9704" data-file-height="5520" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Perseus_Freeing_Andromeda" title="Perseus Freeing Andromeda">Perseus Freeing Andromeda</a> by <a href="/wiki/Piero_di_Cosimo" title="Piero di Cosimo">Piero di Cosimo</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1515</span>) – <a href="/wiki/Uffizi" title="Uffizi">Uffizi</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The two main sources regarding the legendary life of Perseus—for the Greeks considered him an authentic historical figure—are Pausanias and the <i><a href="/wiki/Bibliotheca_(Pseudo-Apollodorus)" title="Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)">Bibliotheca</a></i>. Pausanias<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> asserts that the Greeks believed Perseus founded Mycenae. He mentions the shrine to Perseus that stood on the left-hand side of the road from Mycenae to Argos, and also a sacred fountain at Mycenae called <i>Persea</i>. Located outside the walls, this was perhaps the spring that filled the citadel's underground cistern. He states also that <a href="/wiki/Atreus" title="Atreus">Atreus</a> stored his treasures in an underground chamber there, which is why <a href="/wiki/Heinrich_Schliemann" title="Heinrich Schliemann">Heinrich Schliemann</a> named the largest <a href="/wiki/Beehive_tomb" title="Beehive tomb">tholos</a> tomb the <a href="/wiki/Treasury_of_Atreus" title="Treasury of Atreus">Treasury of Atreus</a>. </p><p>Apart from these more historical references, the only accounts of him are from folk-etymology: Perseus dropped his cap or found a mushroom (both named <i>myces</i>) at Mycenae, or perhaps the place was named after the lady Mycene, daughter of <a href="/wiki/Inachus" title="Inachus">Inachus</a>, mentioned in a now-fragmentary poem, the <i><a href="/wiki/Megalai_Ehoiai" title="Megalai Ehoiai">Megalai Ehoiai</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For whatever reasons, perhaps as outposts, Perseus <i>fortified</i> Mycenae according to Apollodorus<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> along with <a href="/wiki/Midea,_Greece" title="Midea, Greece">Midea</a>, an action that implies that they both previously existed. It is unlikely, however, that Apollodorus knew who walled in Mycenae; he was only conjecturing. Perseus took up official residence in Mycenae with Andromeda where he had a long, successful reign as king. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Suda"><i>Suda</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Perseus&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Suda"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <i><a href="/wiki/Suda" title="Suda">Suda</a></i>, Perseus, after he married Andromeda, founded a city and called it Amandra (Ἄμανδραν). In the city there was a <a href="/wiki/Stele" title="Stele">stele</a> depicting the Gorgon. The city later changed the name to <a href="/wiki/Ikonion" class="mw-redirect" title="Ikonion">Ikonion</a> because it had the depiction (ἀπεικόνισμα) of the Gorgon. Then he fought the <a href="/wiki/Isaurians" class="mw-redirect" title="Isaurians">Isaurians</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Cilicians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cilicians">Cilicians</a> and founded the city of <a href="/wiki/Tarsus,_Mersin" title="Tarsus, Mersin">Tarsus</a> because an oracle told him to found a city in the place where after the victory, the flat (ταρσός) of his foot will touch the earth while he is dismounting from his horse. Then he conquered the <a href="/wiki/Medes" title="Medes">Medes</a> and changed the name of the country to Persia. At Persia, he taught the <a href="/wiki/Magi" title="Magi">magi</a> about the Gorgon and, when a fireball fell from the sky, he took the fire and gave it to the people to guard and revere it. Later, during a war, he tried to use Medusa's head again, but because he was old and could not see well, the head did not work. Because he thought that it was useless, he turned it toward himself and he died. Later his son Merros (Μέρρος) burned the head.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ACE777;">Regnal titles </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Acrisius" title="Acrisius">Acrisius</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/King_of_Argos" class="mw-redirect" title="King of Argos">King of Argos</a> </b> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Megapenthes_(son_of_Proetus)" title="Megapenthes (son of Proetus)">Megapenthes</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Megapenthes_(son_of_Proetus)" title="Megapenthes (son of Proetus)">Megapenthes</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> King of <a href="/wiki/Tiryns" title="Tiryns">Tiryns</a> </b> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Electryon" title="Electryon">Electryon</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><i>none</i><br />(founder)</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> King of <a href="/wiki/Mycenae" title="Mycenae">Mycenae</a> </b> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Electryon" title="Electryon">Electryon</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Descendants">Descendants</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Perseus&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Descendants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Perseides" title="Perseides">Perseides</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Missing_information plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6c/Wiki_letter_w.svg/44px-Wiki_letter_w.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="44" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6c/Wiki_letter_w.svg/66px-Wiki_letter_w.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6c/Wiki_letter_w.svg/88px-Wiki_letter_w.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="44" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This article <b>is missing information</b> about which specific person of each linked name such as <a href="/wiki/Alexander" title="Alexander">Alexander</a> is a descendant.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please expand the article to include this information. Further details may exist on the <a href="/wiki/Talk:Perseus" title="Talk:Perseus">talk page</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">October 2020</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Perseus and Andromeda had seven sons: <a href="/wiki/Perses_(son_of_Andromeda_and_Perseus)" class="mw-redirect" title="Perses (son of Andromeda and Perseus)">Perses</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alcaeus_(mythology)" title="Alcaeus (mythology)">Alcaeus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Heleus" title="Heleus">Heleus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mestor" title="Mestor">Mestor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sthenelus_(son_of_Andromeda_and_Perseus)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sthenelus (son of Andromeda and Perseus)">Sthenelus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Electryon" title="Electryon">Electryon</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Cynurus" title="Cynurus">Cynurus</a>, and two daughters, <a href="/wiki/Gorgophone_(Perseid)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gorgophone (Perseid)">Gorgophone</a> and <a href="/wiki/Autochthe" title="Autochthe">Autochthe</a>. Perses was left in <a href="/wiki/Aethiopia" title="Aethiopia">Aethiopia</a> and was believed to have been an ancestor of the <a href="/wiki/Persian_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Persian Empire">Persians</a>. The other descendants ruled Mycenae from <a href="/wiki/Electryon" title="Electryon">Electryon</a> to <a href="/wiki/Eurystheus" title="Eurystheus">Eurystheus</a>, after whom <a href="/wiki/Atreus" title="Atreus">Atreus</a> got the kingdom. However, the Perseids included the great hero, <a href="/wiki/Heracles" title="Heracles">Heracles</a>, stepson of <a href="/wiki/Amphitryon" title="Amphitryon">Amphitryon</a>, son of <a href="/wiki/Alcaeus_(mythology)" title="Alcaeus (mythology)">Alcaeus</a>. The Heraclides, or descendants of Heracles, successfully contested the rule of the Atreids. </p><p>A statement by the Athenian orator <a href="/wiki/Isocrates" title="Isocrates">Isocrates</a><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> helps to date Perseus approximately. He said that Heracles was four generations later than Perseus, which corresponds to the legendary succession: Perseus, <a href="/wiki/Electryon" title="Electryon">Electryon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alcmene" title="Alcmene">Alcmena</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Heracles" title="Heracles">Heracles</a>, who was a contemporary of <a href="/wiki/Eurystheus" title="Eurystheus">Eurystheus</a>. <a href="/wiki/Atreus" title="Atreus">Atreus</a> was one generation later, a total of five generations. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="10"><big>Descendants of Perseus and Andromeda Before the Time of Heracles to the Aftermath of the Trojan War</big> </th></tr> <tr> <td><i>Children</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Perses_(son_of_Perseus)" title="Perses (son of Perseus)">Perses</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alcaeus_(mythology)" title="Alcaeus (mythology)">Alcaeus</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sthenelus_(son_of_Andromeda_and_Perseus)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sthenelus (son of Andromeda and Perseus)">Sthenelus</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Heleus" title="Heleus">Heleus</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mestor" title="Mestor">Mestor</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Electryon" title="Electryon">Electryon</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cynurus" title="Cynurus">Cynurus</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gorgophone_(Perseid)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gorgophone (Perseid)">Gorgophone</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Autochthe" title="Autochthe">Autochthe</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Grandchildren</i> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Achaemenid" class="mw-redirect" title="Achaemenid">Achaemenid</a> <a href="/wiki/Persians" title="Persians">Persians</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Amphitryon" title="Amphitryon">Amphitryon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anaxo_(daughter_of_Alcaeus)" title="Anaxo (daughter of Alcaeus)">Anaxo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Perimede_(mythology)" title="Perimede (mythology)">Perimede</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eurystheus" title="Eurystheus">Eurystheus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alcyone" class="mw-redirect" title="Alcyone">Alcyone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Medusa_(Greek_myth)" title="Medusa (Greek myth)">Medusa</a> </td> <td>– </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hippothoe" title="Hippothoe">Hippothoe</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alcmene" title="Alcmene">Alcmene</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stratobates" title="Stratobates">Stratobates</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anactor" title="Anactor">Anactor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gorgophonus" title="Gorgophonus">Gorgophonus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phylonomus" title="Phylonomus">Phylonomus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Celaeneus" title="Celaeneus">Celaeneus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amphimachus_of_Mycenae" class="mw-redirect" title="Amphimachus of Mycenae">Amphimachus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lysinomus" title="Lysinomus">Lysinomus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Archelaus_(mythology)" title="Archelaus (mythology)">Archelaus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chirimachus" title="Chirimachus">Chirimachus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Licymnius" title="Licymnius">Licymnius</a> </td> <td>– </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aphareus_of_Messenia" class="mw-redirect" title="Aphareus of Messenia">Aphareus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leucippus_of_Messenia" class="mw-redirect" title="Leucippus of Messenia">Leucippus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tyndareus" title="Tyndareus">Tyndareus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Icarius_of_Sparta" class="mw-redirect" title="Icarius of Sparta">Icarius</a> </td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Third Generation Descendants</i> </td> <td>– </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Melas_(mythology)" title="Melas (mythology)">Melas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Argius" title="Argius">Argius</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oeonus" title="Oeonus">Oeonus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iphicles" title="Iphicles">Iphicles</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Admete" title="Admete">Admete</a>, <a href="/wiki/Perimedes" title="Perimedes">Perimedes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alexander" title="Alexander">Alexander</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Iphimedon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iphimedon (page does not exist)">Iphimedon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eurybius" title="Eurybius">Eurybius</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mentor_(mythology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mentor (mythology)">Mentor</a> </td> <td>– </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Taphius" title="Taphius">Taphius</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Heracles" title="Heracles">Heracles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iphicles" title="Iphicles">Iphicles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oeonus" title="Oeonus">Oeonus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melas_(mythology)" title="Melas (mythology)">Melas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Argius" title="Argius">Argius</a>, </td> <td>– </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Idas" class="mw-redirect" title="Idas">Idas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lynceus_of_Messenia" class="mw-redirect" title="Lynceus of Messenia">Lynceus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pisus" title="Pisus">Peisus</a>; <a href="/wiki/Hilaeira" title="Hilaeira">Hilaeira</a>; <a href="/wiki/Castor_and_Pollux" title="Castor and Pollux">Castor and Pollux</a>, <a href="/wiki/Helen_of_Troy" title="Helen of Troy">Helen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clytemnestra" title="Clytemnestra">Clytemnestra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Timandra_(mythology)" title="Timandra (mythology)">Timandra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phoebe_of_Messenia" class="mw-redirect" title="Phoebe of Messenia">Phoebe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philonoe" title="Philonoe">Philonoe</a>; <a href="/wiki/Penelope" title="Penelope">Penelope</a>, <a href="/wiki/Perileos" title="Perileos">Perileos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thoas_(mythology)" title="Thoas (mythology)">Thoas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iphthime" title="Iphthime">Iphthime</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aletes_of_Mycenae" title="Aletes of Mycenae">Aletes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Imeusimus" title="Imeusimus">Imeusimus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Damasippus" title="Damasippus">Damasippus</a> </td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Fourth Generation Descendants</i> </td> <td>– </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Iolaus" title="Iolaus">Iolaus</a> </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pterelaus_(son_of_Taphius)" title="Pterelaus (son of Taphius)">Pterelaus</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Heracles#Children" title="Heracles">Heraclides</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iolaus" title="Iolaus">Iolaus</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mnesileos&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mnesileos (page does not exist)">Mnesileos</a>; <a href="/wiki/Anogon" title="Anogon">Anogon</a>; <a href="/wiki/Cleopatra_Alcyone" title="Cleopatra Alcyone">Cleopatra Alcyone</a>; <a href="/wiki/Iphigenia" title="Iphigenia">Iphigenia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Electra" title="Electra">Electra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orestes" title="Orestes">Orestes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chrysothemis" title="Chrysothemis">Chrysothemis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Laodice_(Greek_myth)" title="Laodice (Greek myth)">Laodice</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Aletes_(son_of_Aegisthus)" class="mw-redirect" title="Aletes (son of Aegisthus)">Aletes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Erigone_(daughter_of_Aegisthus)" title="Erigone (daughter of Aegisthus)">Erigone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Helen_of_Troy" title="Helen of Troy">Helen</a>; <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ladocus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ladocus (page does not exist)">Ladocus</a>; <a href="/wiki/Telemachus" title="Telemachus">Telemachus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Poliporthes" title="Poliporthes">Poliporthes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Acusilaus" title="Acusilaus">Acusilaus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Italus" title="Italus">Italus</a> </td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Fifth Generation Descendants</i> </td> <td>– </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leipephilene" title="Leipephilene">Leipephilene</a> </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chromius" title="Chromius">Chromius</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tyrannus_(mythology)" title="Tyrannus (mythology)">Tyrannus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Antiochus_(mythology)" title="Antiochus (mythology)">Antiochus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mestor" title="Mestor">Mestor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chersidamas" title="Chersidamas">Chersidamas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Everes_(mythology)" title="Everes (mythology)">Eueres</a>, <a href="/wiki/Comaetho" title="Comaetho">Comaetho</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leipephilene" title="Leipephilene">Leipephilene</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Medon_(mythology)" title="Medon (mythology)">Medon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Strophius" title="Strophius">Strophius</a>; <a href="/wiki/Tisamenus_(son_of_Orestes)" title="Tisamenus (son of Orestes)">Tisamenus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Penthilus_of_Mycenae" class="mw-redirect" title="Penthilus of Mycenae">Penthilus</a>; <a href="/wiki/Persepolis_(mythology)" title="Persepolis (mythology)">Persepolis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Latinus" title="Latinus">Latinus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Poliporthes" title="Poliporthes">Poliporthes</a> </td> <td>– </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Perseus&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 98px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 96px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Museo_Nazionale_Napoli_-_Perseus_and_Andromeda.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Perseus freeing Andromeda after killing Cetus, 1st century AD fresco from the Casa Dei Dioscuri, Pompeii"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Museo_Nazionale_Napoli_-_Perseus_and_Andromeda.jpg/144px-Museo_Nazionale_Napoli_-_Perseus_and_Andromeda.jpg" decoding="async" width="96" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Museo_Nazionale_Napoli_-_Perseus_and_Andromeda.jpg/216px-Museo_Nazionale_Napoli_-_Perseus_and_Andromeda.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Museo_Nazionale_Napoli_-_Perseus_and_Andromeda.jpg/288px-Museo_Nazionale_Napoli_-_Perseus_and_Andromeda.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2112" data-file-height="2641" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Perseus freeing Andromeda after killing Cetus, 1st century AD fresco from the Casa Dei Dioscuri, <a href="/wiki/Pompeii" title="Pompeii">Pompeii</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 121.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 119.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_House_of_the_Prince_of_Naples_Plate_140_Triclinium_North_Wall_Perseus_and_Andromeda_MH.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Perseus and Andromeda, 50 AD, fresco from the Casa del Principe di Napoli, Pompeii"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/The_House_of_the_Prince_of_Naples_Plate_140_Triclinium_North_Wall_Perseus_and_Andromeda_MH.jpg/179px-The_House_of_the_Prince_of_Naples_Plate_140_Triclinium_North_Wall_Perseus_and_Andromeda_MH.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/The_House_of_the_Prince_of_Naples_Plate_140_Triclinium_North_Wall_Perseus_and_Andromeda_MH.jpg/269px-The_House_of_the_Prince_of_Naples_Plate_140_Triclinium_North_Wall_Perseus_and_Andromeda_MH.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/The_House_of_the_Prince_of_Naples_Plate_140_Triclinium_North_Wall_Perseus_and_Andromeda_MH.jpg/358px-The_House_of_the_Prince_of_Naples_Plate_140_Triclinium_North_Wall_Perseus_and_Andromeda_MH.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2467" data-file-height="2478" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Perseus and Andromeda, 50 AD, fresco from the Casa del Principe di Napoli, Pompeii</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 82px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 80px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Julius_Troschel_Perseus_und_Andromeda_1840-50.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Julius Troschel: Perseus und Andromeda, c. 1845, Neue Pinakothek, Munich"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Julius_Troschel_Perseus_und_Andromeda_1840-50.jpg/120px-Julius_Troschel_Perseus_und_Andromeda_1840-50.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Julius_Troschel_Perseus_und_Andromeda_1840-50.jpg/180px-Julius_Troschel_Perseus_und_Andromeda_1840-50.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Julius_Troschel_Perseus_und_Andromeda_1840-50.jpg/241px-Julius_Troschel_Perseus_und_Andromeda_1840-50.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1204" data-file-height="1800" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Julius Troschel: <i>Perseus und Andromeda</i>, c. 1845, <a href="/wiki/Neue_Pinakothek" title="Neue Pinakothek">Neue Pinakothek</a>, <a href="/wiki/Munich" title="Munich">Munich</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 110.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 108.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Edward_Burne-Jones_-_Perseus.jpeg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Doom Fulfilled, 1888, Southampton City Art Gallery, part of a series of paintings revolving around Perseus, created by the Pre-Raphaelite artist Edward Burne-Jones"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Edward_Burne-Jones_-_Perseus.jpeg/163px-Edward_Burne-Jones_-_Perseus.jpeg" decoding="async" width="109" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Edward_Burne-Jones_-_Perseus.jpeg/244px-Edward_Burne-Jones_-_Perseus.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Edward_Burne-Jones_-_Perseus.jpeg/325px-Edward_Burne-Jones_-_Perseus.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="3700" data-file-height="4096" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>The Doom Fulfilled</i>, 1888, <a href="/wiki/Southampton_City_Art_Gallery" title="Southampton City Art Gallery">Southampton City Art Gallery</a>, part of a series of paintings revolving around Perseus, created by the <a href="/wiki/Pre-Raphaelite" class="mw-redirect" title="Pre-Raphaelite">Pre-Raphaelite</a> artist <a href="/wiki/Edward_Burne-Jones" title="Edward Burne-Jones">Edward Burne-Jones</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 102px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 100px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:If_looks_could_kill.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Edward Burne-Jones: The Baleful Head, 1885, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart. This part of the series plays with the theme of the reflected gaze, as Perseus has Andromeda look at the Gorgon's head, but only as reflected in the well."><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/If_looks_could_kill.jpg/150px-If_looks_could_kill.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/If_looks_could_kill.jpg/226px-If_looks_could_kill.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/If_looks_could_kill.jpg/301px-If_looks_could_kill.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1087" data-file-height="1300" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Burne-Jones" title="Edward Burne-Jones">Edward Burne-Jones</a>: <i>The Baleful Head</i>, 1885, <a href="/wiki/Staatsgalerie_Stuttgart" title="Staatsgalerie Stuttgart">Staatsgalerie Stuttgart</a>. <small>This part of the series plays with the theme of the reflected gaze, as Perseus has Andromeda look at the Gorgon's head, but only as reflected in the well.</small></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 213.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 211.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Piero_di_Cosimo_-_Liberazione_di_Andromeda_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Perseus Freeing Andromeda by Piero di Cosimo (c. 1515) – Uffizi"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Piero_di_Cosimo_-_Liberazione_di_Andromeda_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/317px-Piero_di_Cosimo_-_Liberazione_di_Andromeda_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" decoding="async" width="212" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Piero_di_Cosimo_-_Liberazione_di_Andromeda_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/475px-Piero_di_Cosimo_-_Liberazione_di_Andromeda_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Piero_di_Cosimo_-_Liberazione_di_Andromeda_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/633px-Piero_di_Cosimo_-_Liberazione_di_Andromeda_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 2x" data-file-width="9704" data-file-height="5520" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Perseus_Freeing_Andromeda" title="Perseus Freeing Andromeda">Perseus Freeing Andromeda</a> by <a href="/wiki/Piero_di_Cosimo" title="Piero di Cosimo">Piero di Cosimo</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1515</span>) – <a href="/wiki/Uffizi" title="Uffizi">Uffizi</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 162px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Perseo_in_Villa_San_Marco_Stabiae.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Perseus and the head of Medusa in a Roman fresco at Stabiae"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Perseo_in_Villa_San_Marco_Stabiae.jpg/240px-Perseo_in_Villa_San_Marco_Stabiae.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Perseo_in_Villa_San_Marco_Stabiae.jpg/360px-Perseo_in_Villa_San_Marco_Stabiae.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Perseo_in_Villa_San_Marco_Stabiae.jpg/480px-Perseo_in_Villa_San_Marco_Stabiae.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2112" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Perseus and the head of Medusa in a Roman fresco at <a href="/wiki/Stabiae" title="Stabiae">Stabiae</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="On_Pegasus">On Pegasus</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Perseus&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: On Pegasus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The replacement of <a href="/wiki/Bellerophon" title="Bellerophon">Bellerophon</a> as the tamer and rider of <a href="/wiki/Pegasus" title="Pegasus">Pegasus</a> by the more familiar <a href="/wiki/Culture_hero" title="Culture hero">culture hero</a> Perseus was not simply an error of painters and poets of the <a href="/wiki/Renaissance" title="Renaissance">Renaissance</a>. The transition was a development of Classical times which became the standard image during the Middle Ages and has been adopted by the European poets of the Renaissance and later: <a href="/wiki/Giovanni_Boccaccio" title="Giovanni Boccaccio">Giovanni Boccaccio</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Genealogia_deorum_gentilium_libri" class="mw-redirect" title="Genealogia deorum gentilium libri">Genealogia deorum gentilium libri</a></i> (10.27) identifies Pegasus as the steed of Perseus, and <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Corneille" title="Pierre Corneille">Pierre Corneille</a> places Perseus upon Pegasus in <i>Andromède</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Various <a href="/wiki/Pegasus_in_popular_culture" title="Pegasus in popular culture">modern representations of Pegasus</a> depict the winged horse with Perseus, including the fantasy film <i><a href="/wiki/Clash_of_the_Titans_(1981_film)" title="Clash of the Titans (1981 film)">Clash of the Titans</a></i> and its <a href="/wiki/Clash_of_the_Titans_(2010_film)" title="Clash of the Titans (2010 film)">2010 remake</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Argive_genealogy_in_Greek_mythology">Argive genealogy in Greek mythology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Perseus&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Argive genealogy in Greek mythology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours" style="clear: both; margin: 1em auto; background:#F0FFFF; border:#4B0082;"> <caption><b><a href="/wiki/Achaeans_(Homer)" title="Achaeans (Homer)">Argive</a> genealogy in <a href="/wiki/Greek_mythology" title="Greek mythology">Greek mythology</a></b> </caption> <tbody><tr> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link 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</tbody></table> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;"> <table style="border-spacing: 2px; border: 1px solid darkgray;"> <tbody><tr> <td>Colour key:<br /> <p><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#9cf;); color:;"> </span> Male<br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:pink;; color:black;"> </span> Female<br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#ccc6e5; background-image: repeating-linear-gradient(-45deg, transparent, transparent 5px, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5) 5px, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5) 10px); color:;"> </span> Deity<br /> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Perseus_constellation">Perseus constellation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Perseus&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Perseus constellation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Perseus has a <a href="/wiki/Perseus_(constellation)" title="Perseus (constellation)">constellation named after him</a>. The legend says that because he was so brave fighting Cetus for someone else he was given a place in the stars forever. It is located in the east in the winter at about the Latitude 10-N. It is not far from the stars Betelgeuse and Sirius; his wife's constellation Andromeda is also nearby. It is southward from Cassiopeia, and to the left of Taurus. His constellation contains the most famous variable star Algol and some deep sky objects such as Messier 34, the Double Cluster, the California Nebula, and the Little Dumbbell Nebula (Messier 76). There are eight named stars in the constellation Algol, Atik, Berehinya, Menkib, Miram, Mirfak, Misam, and Muspelheim. It was cataloged in the 2nd century by the Greek astronomer Ptolemy and is known for the famous Perseid Meteor Shower. There is in fact a whole family of constellations based on the myth of Perseus, which includes Andromeda, Cassiopeia, Cepheus, and Cetus. There is also a molecular cloud in the constellation that is 600 light years from our solar system. There is also a cluster of galaxies called the Perseus cluster. There is one galaxy in the cluster named Caldwell 24 which is a powerful source for radio and X-ray waves. It has a visual magnitude of 12.6 and is 237 million light years away from the <a href="/wiki/Milky_Way" title="Milky Way">Milky Way</a> galaxy.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Perseus&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eurybarus" title="Eurybarus">Eurybarus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alcyoneus_(son_of_Diomos)" title="Alcyoneus (son of Diomos)">Alcyoneus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menestratus_(Thespiae)" title="Menestratus (Thespiae)">Menestratus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cleostratus_(mythology)" title="Cleostratus (mythology)">Cleostratus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lugh" title="Lugh">Lugh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Lully" title="Jean-Baptiste Lully">Lully</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacques_Ibert" title="Jacques Ibert">Ibert</a> (1921)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chimera_(mythology)" title="Chimera (mythology)">Chimera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aethiopia" title="Aethiopia">Aethiopia</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Story_of_Perseus_and_the_Gorgon%27s_Head" title="The Story of Perseus and the Gorgon's Head">The Story of Perseus and the Gorgon's Head</a></i>, a short novel published in 1898</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Perseus&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Even thus endured Danaë in her beauty to change the light of day for brass-bound walls; and in that chamber, secret as the grave, she was held close".<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In post-Renaissance paintings the setting is often a locked tower.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Eurymedon</i>: "far-ruling"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Such a banquet, to which each guest brings a gift, was an <i>eranos</i>. The name of <i>Polydectes</i>, "receiver of many", characterizes his role as intended host but is also a <a href="/wiki/Euphemism" title="Euphemism">euphemism</a> for the Lord of the Underworld, as in <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation book cs1">"Hymn to Demeter". <i><a href="/wiki/Homeric_Hymn" class="mw-redirect" title="Homeric Hymn">Homeric Hymns</a></i>. 9, 17.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Hymn+to+Demeter&rft.btitle=Homeric+Hymns&rft.pages=9%2C+17&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APerseus" class="Z3988"></span> </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Perseus and Andromeda had seven sons: <a href="/wiki/Perseides" title="Perseides">Perseides</a>, <a href="/wiki/Perses_(son_of_Andromeda_and_Perseus)" class="mw-redirect" title="Perses (son of Andromeda and Perseus)">Perses</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alcaeus_(mythology)" title="Alcaeus (mythology)">Alcaeus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Heleus" title="Heleus">Heleus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mestor" title="Mestor">Mestor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sthenelus_(son_of_Andromeda_and_Perseus)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sthenelus (son of Andromeda and Perseus)">Sthenelus</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Electryon" title="Electryon">Electryon</a>, and one daughter, <a href="/wiki/Gorgophone" title="Gorgophone">Gorgophone</a>. Their descendants also ruled Mycenae, from <a href="/wiki/Electryon" title="Electryon">Electryon</a> to <a href="/wiki/Eurystheus" title="Eurystheus">Eurystheus</a>, after whom <a href="/wiki/Atreus" title="Atreus">Atreus</a> attained the kingdom. Among the Perseids was the great hero <a href="/wiki/Heracles" title="Heracles">Heracles</a>. According to this mythology, Perseus is the ancestor of the <a href="/wiki/Persian_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Persian people">Persians</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See article <i><a href="/wiki/Catasterismi" title="Catasterismi">Catasterismi</a></i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Laodice may be the daughter of Agamemnon mentioned by Homer, who is generally equated with <a href="/wiki/Electra" title="Electra">Electra</a>.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Perseus&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 25em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Karl_Kerenyi" class="mw-redirect" title="Karl Kerenyi">Kerenyi, Karl</a>, 1959. <i>The Heroes of the Greeks</i> (London: Thames and Hudson) p. 75.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Graves-1955-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Graves-1955_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Graves-1955_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGraves1955" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Graves" title="Robert Graves">Graves, R.</a> (1955). <a href="/wiki/The_Greek_Myths" title="The Greek Myths"><i>The Greek Myths</i></a>. London, UK / Baltimore, MD: Penguin Classics. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-014310671-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-014310671-5"><bdi>978-014310671-5</bdi></a>;</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Greek+Myths&rft.place=London%2C+UK+%2F+Baltimore%2C+MD&rft.pub=Penguin+Classics&rft.date=1955&rft.isbn=978-014310671-5&rft.aulast=Graves&rft.aufirst=R.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APerseus" class="Z3988"></span> e‑pub <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-110158050-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-110158050-9">978-110158050-9</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBuck1933" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Carl_Darling_Buck" title="Carl Darling Buck">Buck, C.D.</a> (1933). <i>Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin</i>. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Comparative+Grammar+of+Greek+and+Latin&rft.place=Chicago%2C+IL&rft.pub=University+of+Chicago+Press&rft.date=1933&rft.aulast=Buck&rft.aufirst=C.D.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APerseus" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHofmann1950" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Hofmann, J.B. (1950). <i>Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Griechischen</i> (in German). Munich, DE: R. Oldenbourg.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Etymologisches+W%C3%B6rterbuch+des+Griechischen&rft.place=Munich%2C+DE&rft.pub=R.+Oldenbourg&rft.date=1950&rft.aulast=Hofmann&rft.aufirst=J.B.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APerseus" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPokorny2005" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a href="/wiki/Julius_Pokorny" title="Julius Pokorny">Pokorny, J.</a> (2005) [1957–1969 (1st edn.)]. <i>Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch</i> [<i>Indo-Germanic etomological dictionary</i>] (in German) (5th ed.). Tübingen / Bern / Munich, DE: A. Francke. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/3772009476" title="Special:BookSources/3772009476"><bdi>3772009476</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Indogermanisches+etymologisches+W%C3%B6rterbuch&rft.place=T%C3%BCbingen+%2F+Bern+%2F+Munich%2C+DE&rft.edition=5th&rft.pub=A.+Francke&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=3772009476&rft.aulast=Pokorny&rft.aufirst=J.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APerseus" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVentris,_M.Chadwick,_J.1974" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Ventris" title="Michael Ventris">Ventris, M.</a>; <a href="/wiki/John_Chadwick" title="John Chadwick">Chadwick, J.</a>, eds. (1974) [1956]. <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/documentsinmycen0000vent"><i>Documents in Mycenaean Greek</i></a></span> (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-521-08558-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-521-08558-6"><bdi>0-521-08558-6</bdi></a> – via Internet Archive.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Documents+in+Mycenaean+Greek&rft.edition=2nd&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=1974&rft.isbn=0-521-08558-6&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fdocumentsinmycen0000vent&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APerseus" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHerodotus" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Herodotus" title="Herodotus">Herodotus</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Histories_(Herodotus)" title="Histories (Herodotus)">Histories</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hdt.+7.61.3&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0126:book=:chapter=&highlight=Perseus">7.61.3</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Histories&rft.pages=7.61.3&rft.au=Herodotus&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APerseus" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHerodotus" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Herodotus" title="Herodotus">Herodotus</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Histories_(Herodotus)" title="Histories (Herodotus)">Histories</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hdt.+7.150.2&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0126:book=:chapter=&highlight=Perseus">7.150.2</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Histories&rft.pages=7.150.2&rft.au=Herodotus&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APerseus" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSophocles" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Sophocles" title="Sophocles">Sophocles</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Antigone_(Sophocles)" class="mw-redirect" title="Antigone (Sophocles)">Antigone</a></i> (stage play).</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Antigone&rft.au=Sophocles&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APerseus" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTrzaskoma2004" class="citation book cs1">Trzaskoma, Stephen; et al. (2004). <i>Anthology of Classical Myth: Primary sources in translation</i>. Indianapolis, IN: Hackett. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-87220-721-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-87220-721-9"><bdi>978-0-87220-721-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Anthology+of+Classical+Myth%3A+Primary+sources+in+translation&rft.place=Indianapolis%2C+IN&rft.pub=Hackett&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=978-0-87220-721-9&rft.aulast=Trzaskoma&rft.aufirst=Stephen&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APerseus" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Apollonius_of_Rhodes" title="Apollonius of Rhodes">Apollonius of Rhodes</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Argonautica" title="Argonautica">Argonautica</a></i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://topostext.org/work/126#4.1502">4.1514</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">For the familiar motif of the <a href="/wiki/Exposed_Child" class="mw-redirect" title="Exposed Child">Exposed Child</a> in the account of <a href="/wiki/Moses" title="Moses">Moses</a> especially, see <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChilds1965" class="citation journal cs1"><a href="/wiki/Brevard_S._Childs" class="mw-redirect" title="Brevard S. Childs">Childs, Brevard S.</a> (1965). "The birth of Moses". <i>Journal of Biblical Literature</i>. <b>84</b> (2): 109–122. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.2307%2F3264132">10.2307/3264132</a>. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/3264132">3264132</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Biblical+Literature&rft.atitle=The+birth+of+Moses&rft.volume=84&rft.issue=2&rft.pages=109-122&rft.date=1965&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.2307%2F3264132&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F3264132%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft.aulast=Childs&rft.aufirst=Brevard+S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APerseus" class="Z3988"></span> or <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRedford1967" class="citation journal cs1">Redford, Donald B. (1967). "The literary motif of the exposed child (cf. Ex. ii 1–10)". <i>Numen</i>. <b>14</b> (3): 209–228. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.2307%2F3269606">10.2307/3269606</a>. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/3269606">3269606</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Numen&rft.atitle=The+literary+motif+of+the+exposed+child+%28cf.+Ex.+ii+1%E2%80%9310%29&rft.volume=14&rft.issue=3&rft.pages=209-228&rft.date=1967&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.2307%2F3269606&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F3269606%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft.aulast=Redford&rft.aufirst=Donald+B.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APerseus" class="Z3988"></span> Another example of this mytheme is the Indian figure of <a href="/wiki/Karna" title="Karna">Karna</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Bibliotheca_(Pseudo-Apollodorus)" title="Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)">Apollodorus</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+2..4.3&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=:chapter=&highlight=Perseus">2.4.3</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGodwin1876" class="citation book cs1">Godwin, William (1876). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/livesnecromance04godwgoog"><i>Lives of the Necromancers</i></a>. p. 39 – via Archive.org.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Lives+of+the+Necromancers&rft.pages=39&rft.date=1876&rft.aulast=Godwin&rft.aufirst=William&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Flivesnecromance04godwgoog&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APerseus" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Ovid" title="Ovid">Ovid</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Metamorphoses" title="Metamorphoses">Metamorphoses</a></i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Ov.+Met.+5&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0028:book=:chapter=&highlight=Perseus">5.1–235</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Apollonius of Rhodes, <i>Argonautica</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://topostext.org/work/126#4.1502">4.1505 ff.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Pausanias_(geographer)" title="Pausanias (geographer)">Pausanias</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+2.16.2&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:book=:chapter=&highlight=Perseus">2.16.2</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Apollodorus, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+2.4.4&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=:chapter=&highlight=Perseus">2.4.4</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ovid, <i>Metamorphoses</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Ov.+Met.+5.177&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0028:book=:chapter=&highlight=Perseus">5.177</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Pausanias, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+2.16.3&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:book=:chapter=&highlight=Perseus">2.16.3</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Pausanias, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+2.15.4&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:book=:chapter=&highlight=Perseus">2.15.4</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+2.16.2&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:book=:chapter=&highlight=Perseus">2.16.2</a>–<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+2.16.3&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:book=:chapter=&highlight=Perseus">3</a> & <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+2.18.1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:book=:chapter=&highlight=Perseus">2.18.1</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Hesiod" title="Hesiod">Hesiod</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Megalai_Ehoiai" title="Megalai Ehoiai">Megalai Ehoiai</a></i> fr. 246</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1:2.4.4">"<i>pros-teichisas</i>, "walling in"<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i>Perseus.org</i>. 2.4.4.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Perseus.org&rft.atitle=pros-teichisas%2C+%22walling+in%22&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fdata.perseus.org%2Fcitations%2Furn%3Acts%3AgreekLit%3Atlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1%3A2.4.4&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APerseus" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Suda" title="Suda">Suida</a>, s.v. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.poesialatina.it/_ns/greek/testi/Suda/Lexicon.html">mu, 406</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFIsocrates" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Isocrates" title="Isocrates">Isocrates</a>. <i>[no title cited]</i>. 4.07.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=%5Bno+title+cited%5D&rft.pages=4.07&rft.au=Isocrates&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APerseus" class="Z3988"></span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources#What_information_to_include" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="A complete citation is needed. (June 2021)">full citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJohnston1955" class="citation journal cs1">Johnston, George Burke (1955). "<a href="/wiki/Ben_Jonson" title="Ben Jonson">Jonson's</a> 'Perseus upon Pegasus'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>". <i>The Review of English Studies</i>. New Series. <b>6</b> (21): 65–67. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fres%2FVI.21.65">10.1093/res/VI.21.65</a>. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/510816">510816</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Review+of+English+Studies&rft.atitle=Jonson%27s+%27Perseus+upon+Pegasus%27&rft.volume=6&rft.issue=21&rft.pages=65-67&rft.date=1955&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1093%2Fres%2FVI.21.65&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F510816%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft.aulast=Johnston&rft.aufirst=George+Burke&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APerseus" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Perseus Constellation," 2022, n.p.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Perseus Mythology," 2022, n.p.</span> </li> </ol></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1235681985"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Perseus" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Perseus">Perseus</a></span>.</div></div> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Perseus&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bibliotheca_(Pseudo-Apollodorus)" title="Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)">Apollodorus</a>, <i>The Library</i> 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. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022">Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021">Greek text available from the same website</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apollonius_of_Rhodes" title="Apollonius of Rhodes">Apollonius Rhodius</a>, <i>Argonautica</i> translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853–1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://topostext.org/work/126">Online version at the Topos Text Project.</a></li> <li>Apollonius Rhodius, <i>Argonautica</i>. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0227">Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herodotus" title="Herodotus">Herodotus</a>, <i>The Histories</i> with an English translation by A.D. Godley. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1920. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-674-99133-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-674-99133-8">0-674-99133-8</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://topostext.org/work/22">Online version at the Topos Text Project.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0125">Greek text available at Perseus Digital Library</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hesiod" title="Hesiod">Hesiod</a>, <i>Theogony</i> from <i>The Homeric Hymns and Homerica</i> with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0130%3Acard%3D1">Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0129">Greek text available from the same website</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pausanias_(geographer)" title="Pausanias (geographer)">Pausanias</a>, <i>Description of Greece</i> with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-674-99328-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-674-99328-4">0-674-99328-4</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160">Online version at the Perseus Digital Library</a></li> <li>Pausanias, <i>Graeciae Descriptio.</i> <i>3 vols</i>. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159">Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ovid" title="Ovid">Publius Ovidius Naso</a>, <i>Metamorphoses</i> translated by Brookes More (1859–1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0028">Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.</a></li> <li>Publius Ovidius Naso, <i>Metamorphoses.</i> Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0029">Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suda" title="Suda">Suida</a>, <i>Suda Encyclopedia</i> translated by Ross Scaife, David Whitehead, William Hutton, Catharine Roth, Jennifer Benedict, Gregory Hays, Malcolm Heath Sean M. Redmond, Nicholas Fincher, Patrick Rourke, Elizabeth Vandiver, Raphael Finkel, Frederick Williams, Carl Widstrand, Robert Dyer, Joseph L. 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