Perseidai
In Greek mythology, the Perseidai[1][2][3] (Ancient Greek: Περσείδαι, romanized: Perseídai, lit. 'those born of Perseus [and Andromeda]', singular: Περσείδης Perseídēs; Latin: Perseidae,[4] singular: Perseides), also anglicized as the Perseids[5] (singular: Perseid),[6][7] are the members of the House of Perseus, descended, according to Valerius Flaccus[8] through Perse and Perses.
After the Greek Dark Ages, tradition recalled that Perseus and his descendants the Perseidai had ruled Tiryns in Mycenaean times, while the allied branch descended from Perseus' great-uncle Proetus ruled in Argos.[9]
Perseus and Andromeda had seven sons: Perses, Alcaeus, Heleus, Mestor, Sthenelus, Electryon, and Cynurus, and two daughters, Gorgophone, and Autochthe. Perses was left in Aethiopia and was believed to have become an ancestor of the Persians. The other descendants ruled Mycenae from Electryon down to Eurystheus, after whom Atreus got the kingdom. The most renowned of the Perseidai was Greece's greatest hero, Heracles son of Zeus and Alcmene, daughter of Electryon.
References
[edit]- ^ Wallace 1927, p. 85.
- ^ Christopoulos 1975, p. 136.
- ^ Vannicelli 2012, p. 265.
- ^ Peter 1882, p. 6.
- ^ "Hēraclīdae". A Classical Dictionary of Biography, Mythology, and Geography. 1875. p. 306.
- ^ The History of the War Between the Peloponnesians and Athenians. 1868. p. 21.
- ^ Guest 1883, p. 287.
- ^ Valerius Flaccus v. 582, vi. 495.
- ^ Royal Houses of Argolis: Perseidai
Sources
[edit]- Christopoulos, George A. (1975). The Archaic Period.
- Guest, Edwin (1883). Origines Celticae.
- Peter, Carl (1882). Chronological Tables of Greek History.
- Vannicelli, Pietro (2012). "The Mythical Origins of the Medes and the Persians". Myth, Truth, and Narrative in Herodotus. p. 265. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199693979.003.0011.
- Wallace, Florence Elizabeth (1927). Color in Homer and in Ancient Art: Preliminary Studies.