Perses (mythology)
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In Greek mythology, Perses (Ancient Greek: Πέρσης, romanized: Pérsēs, lit. 'destroyer') can refer to the following individuals:
- Perses, the son of the Titan Crius and the sea-goddess Eurybia, brother to Astraeus and Pallas.[1] He married his cousin Asteria and became the father of Hecate.[2]
- Perses, the son of the sun-god Helios and the sea-nymph Perse, brother to Aeëtes, Circe and Pasiphaë.[3]
- Perses, the son of Perseus and Andromeda and legendary ancestor of the Persians.[4][5]
- Perses, the father of Chariclo.[6] He might be one of the others above.
