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- Greek hero, slayer of Medousa
- Possibly the same as
- 👤 Lyncides
- Son of
- 👤 Danae 👤 Proitos (Argive) 👤 Zeus
- Father of
- 👤 Alcaios (Mycenaean) 👤 Cynouros 👤 Electryon (s. of Perseus)👤 Erythras (Ogyrian) 👤 Gorgophone (Argive) 👤 Heleios 👤 Mestor (Mycenaean) 👤 Perses (s. of Andromeda) 👤 Sthenelos (Mycenaean)
- Husband of
- 👤 Andromeda
- Has children with
- 👤 Andromeda
- Conceived at
- 🌍 Argos (city) 🏛️ the Bronze Chamber of Danae (Argos)
- Born at
- 🏛️ the Bronze Chamber of Danae (Argos)
- Founder of
- 🌍 Mycenae (Argolid)
- Eponym of
- 🌍 the Lookout of Perseus (Egypt)🏛️ Spring Perseia (Mycenae)
- Ruler of
- 🌍 Argos (city) 🌍 Mideia (Argolid) 🌍 Mycenae (Argolid) 🌍 Tiryns (Argolid) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Argive Hera (Argolid)
- Kills
- 👤 Acrisios 👤 Medousa (Gorgon) 👤 Phineus (Ethiopian) 👤 Polydectes (Seriphian) 👤 Sea Monster (Ethiopian)
- Cult sites
- 🌍 Argos (city) 🌍 Athens (Attica) 🌍 Seriphos (island) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Perseus (Argolid)
- Weaponry
- 🏺 the Scabbard of Perseus 🏺 the Shield of Perseus🏺 the Sickle of Perseus
- Depictions
- 🌍 Amyclai (Laconia) 🌍 Athens (Attica) 🌍 Delphi (Phocis) 🌍 Epidauros (Argolid) 🌍 Olympia (Elis) 🌍 Sparta (Laconia) 🌍 the Acropolis of Athens (Athens)🌍 the Citadel of Sparta 🌍 the Sanctuary of Asclepios (Epidauros)🌍 the Sanctuary of Athena Poliouchos (Sparta) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Zeus (Olympia) 🏛️ the Temple of Athena Poliouchos (Sparta) 🏛️ the Temple of Hera (Olympia) 🏺 the Shield of Heracles💠 the Chest of Cypselos (Olympia) 💠 the Cult Statue of Asclepios (Epidauros) 💠 the Propylaia (Athens)💠 the Throne of Apollo (Amyclai) 🖌️ Apulian Red-Figure Bell Krater attributed to the Dechter Group (Logie Collection 116.71; LIMC Andromeda I 11)🖌️ Campanian Red-Figure Bell Krater (Logie Collection 183.97)🖌️ Fragment of Apulian Red-Figure Krater (?) attributed to a follower of the Tarporley Painter (Nicholson NM97.29)🖌️ Fragment of Red-Figure Apulian Patera attributed to the circle of the Lecce Painter (Nicholson NM97.47)🖌️ Macedonian Silver Tetradrachm of Philip V (RD Milns C.026)🖌️ Wall paintings from Casa del banchiere, Pompeii (Naples 115396; LIMC Ariadne 66; P-LOD r5-i1-p26-space-o)🖌️ Wall paintings from Pompeii(P-LOD r1-i3-p25-space-i)🖌️ Wall paintings from the House of Menander, Pompeii(P-LOD r1-i10-p4-space-11)🖌️ Wall paintings from the House of Menander, Pompeii(P-LOD r1-i10-p4-space-15)
- Related Entities
- 🌍 Argos (city) 🌍 Athens (Attica) 🌍 Delphi (Phocis) 🌍 Ioppe (the Levant) 🌍 Lake Triton (Libya) 🌍 Larisa (Thessaly) 🌍 Larissa (Thessaly) 🌍 Libya (region) 🌍 Macedonia (N. Greece) 🌍 Mideia (Argolid) 🌍 Mount Apesantos (Argolid) 🌍 Mycenae (Argolid) 🌍 River Oceanos (unlocatable) 🌍 Seriphos (island) 🌍 Sparta (Laconia) 🌍 Tiryns (Argolid) 🌍 the Acropolis of Athens (Athens)🌍 the Land of the Ethiopians 🌍 the Lookout of Perseus (Egypt)🌍 the Sanctuary of Argive Hera (Argolid) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Perseus (Argolid) 🏛️ Spring Perseia (Mycenae) 🏛️ Spring with red water (Ioppe)🏛️ the Bronze Chamber of Danae (Argos) 🏛️ the Oracle of Zeus-Ammon (N. Africa)🏛️ the Springs of Oceanos 🏛️ the Temple of Athena Poliouchos (Sparta) 🏺 the Bag of Perseus 🏺 the Cap of Hades 🏺 the Chest of Danae 🏺 the Head of Medousa 🏺 the Scabbard of Perseus 🏺 the Shield of Athena🏺 the Shield of Heracles🏺 the Shield of Perseus🏺 the Sickle of Perseus🏺 the Winged Sandals 👤 Acrisios 👤 Adrastos (Argive I) 👤 Alcaios (Mycenaean) 👤 Alcmene 👤 Amphiaraos 👤 Amphitryon 👤 Andromeda 👤 Athena 👤 Cassiepeia (m. of Andromeda) 👤 Cepheus (f. of Andromeda) 👤 Choreia 👤 Chrysaor 👤 Clymene (Seriphian) 👤 Cynouros 👤 Danae 👤 Danaos 👤 Dictys (Seriphean) 👤 Diomedes (Argive) 👤 Dionysos 👤 Doris (Nereid) 👤 Electryon (s. of Perseus)👤 Epaphos (s. of Io) 👤 Erythras (Ogyrian) 👤 Euryale (Gorgon) 👤 Gorgophone (Argive) 👤 Heleios 👤 Heracles 👤 Hermes 👤 Hippodameia (Elian) 👤 Hypermnestra (Danaid) 👤 Lynceus (Aigyptid) 👤 Medousa (Gorgon) 👤 Megapenthes (Argive) 👤 Mestor (Mycenaean) 👤 Pegasos (horse) 👤 Perses (s. of Andromeda) 👤 Phineus (Ethiopian) 👤 Phobos 👤 Podaleirios 👤 Polydectes (Seriphian) 👤 Procles (Heraclid) 👤 Proitos (Argive) 👤 Sea Monster (Ethiopian) 👤 Sthenelos (Mycenaean) 👤 Stheno (Gorgon)👤 Teutamides 👤 Thetis 👤 Zeus 👥 the Gorgons👥 the Graiai 👥 the Haliai 👥 the Hyperboreans 👥 the Nereids 👥 the Pelasgians 💠 the Chest of Cypselos (Olympia) 💠 the Cult Statue of Asclepios (Epidauros) 💠 the Propylaia (Athens)💠 the Throne of Apollo (Amyclai)
- Appears in
- 📜 Apollodoros, Library 1.9.5📜 Apollodoros, Library 2.4.1📜 Apollodoros, Library 2.4.2📜 Apollodoros, Library 2.4.3📜 Apollodoros, Library 2.4.4📜 Apollodoros, Library 2.4.5📜 Apollodoros, Library 2.4.7📜 Apollodoros, Library 3.10.3📜 D-Scholia, Iliad 14.319📜 Heracleitos, On Unbelievable Stories 1📜 Heracleitos, On Unbelievable Stories 27📜 Heracleitos, On Unbelievable Stories 9📜 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 133 Most📜 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 77 Most📜 Hesiod, Shield of Heracles 216-237📜 Hesiod, Theogony 277-286📜 Hesiod fr. 241 Most📜 Homer, Iliad 14.312-14.328📜 Homer, Iliad 19.112-19.124📜 Ion, Elegiacs fr. 27📜 Lucian, Alexander the False Prophet 11📜 Lucian, Dialogues of the Sea-Gods 12.1-12.2 MacLeod📜 Lucian, Dialogues of the Sea-Gods 14.1-14.4 MacLeod📜 Lucian, How to Write History 1📜 Lucian, The Dance 44📜 Ovid, Amores 3.12📜 Ovid, Amores 3.4📜 Ovid, Amores 3.6📜 Ovid, Ibis 463-464📜 Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories 31📜 Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories 38📜 Pausanias 1.22.7📜 Pausanias 1.23.7📜 Pausanias 10.10.5📜 Pausanias 2.15.3📜 Pausanias 2.15.4📜 Pausanias 2.16.1-2.16.2📜 Pausanias 2.16.3-2.16.4📜 Pausanias 2.16.6-2.16.7📜 Pausanias 2.18.1📜 Pausanias 2.20.4📜 Pausanias 2.21.5-2.21.6📜 Pausanias 2.22.1📜 Pausanias 2.23.7-2.23.8📜 Pausanias 2.27.2📜 Pausanias 3.1.4📜 Pausanias 3.17.2-3.17.3📜 Pausanias 3.18.11📜 Pausanias 3.2.2📜 Pausanias 3.20.6📜 Pausanias 4.2.4-4.2.5📜 Pausanias 4.35.9📜 Pausanias 5.18.1-5.18.5📜 Pindar, Isthmian 5 26-50📜 Pindar, Nemean 10 1-18📜 Pindar, Pythian 10 27-50📜 Pindar, Pythian 12 1-32📜 Pindar fr. 70a Snell-Maehler📜 Pindar fr. 70d Snell-Maehler📜 Pomponius Mela 1.64📜 Ps-Lucian, The Patriot 9📜 Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers 18📜 Strabo 1.2.30-1.2.35📜 Strabo 10.5.10📜 Strabo 16.2.28📜 Strabo 16.4.20📜 Strabo 17.1.16-17.1.19📜 Strabo 17.1.43📜 Strabo 8.6.19
- Mentioned in Text
- Apollodoros, LibraryD-Scholia, IliadHeracleitos, On Unbelievable StoriesHesiod, EhoiaiHesiod, Shield of HeraclesHesiod, TheogonyHesiodHomer, IliadIon, ElegiacsLucian, Alexander the False ProphetLucian, Dialogues of the Sea-GodsLucian, How to Write HistoryLucian, The DanceOvid, AmoresOvid, IbisPalaiphatos, On Unbelievable StoriesPausaniasPindar, Isthmian 5Pindar, Nemean 10Pindar, Pythian 10Pindar, Pythian 12PindarPomponius MelaPs-Lucian, The PatriotPs-Plutarch, On RiversStrabo