Perseides
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For the meteor shower event, see Perseids.
In Greek mythology the Perseides, "those born of Perseus" and Andromeda, are the members of the House of Perseus, descended, according to Valerius Flaccus[1] through Perse and Perses.[2] After the Greek Dark Ages, tradition recalled that Perseus and his descendants the Perseides had ruled Tiryns in Mycenaean times, while the allied branch descended from Perseus' great-uncle Proëtos ruled in Argos.[3] The most renowned of the Perseides was Greece's greatest hero, Heracles.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Valerius Flaccus v. 582, vi. 495.
- ^ Greek Myth Index: Perseides
- ^ royal houses of Argolis: Perseides
