Perseus of Pylos

For other uses, see Perseus (disambiguation).

In Greek mythology, Perseus (/ˈpɜːrsiəs, -sjuːs/; Ancient Greek: Περσεύς) was a prince of Pylos in Messenia.

Biography

Perseus was the son of King Nestor either by Eurydice[1] or Anaxibia.[2] He was the brother to Thrasymedes, Pisidice, Polycaste, Peisistratus, Stratichus, Aretus, Echephron and Antilochus.^[citation needed]

Notes

1. Apollodorus, 1.9.9
2. Homer, Odyssey 3.451–52

References

• Homer, The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.