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Further information: Achaemenes
In Greek mythology, Perses was the son of Andromeda and Perseus, and, by analogy of the similarity of sounds, taken for Achaemenes (of the Pasargadae tribe) as the ancestor of the Persians according to Plato.[1]
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- ^ David Sacks, Oswyn Murray, Lisa R. Brody (2005). Encyclopedia of the ancient Greek world. Infobase Publishing. pp. 256 (at the bottom left portion). http://books.google.com/books?id=yyrao0dadqAC&pg=PA256&dq=perseus+father+of+persian&hl=en&ei=AQsyTYKdBIP98AbihayNCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=perseus%20father%20of%20persian&f=false.
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