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Perseus
legendary Greek hero and founder of Mycenae, demigod son of Zeus and Danae; famous for beheading the Gorgon Medusa
Details
- Instance of
- demigod of Greek mythology, Greek heroes
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Περσεύς
- Father
- Zeus
- Mother
- Danaë
- Spouse
- Andromeda
- Child
- Gorgophone, Perses, Alcaeus, Electryon, Heleus, Mestor, Autochthe, Cynurus, Sthenelus, Erythra, Erythras
- Present in work
- Metamorphoses
- Said to be the same as
- Scyld
- Position held
- king of Mycenae, king of Argos, king of Tiryns
- depicted by
- Perseus with Minerva Showing the Head of Medusa, Perseus and Andromeda, Perseus and Andromeda, Apulian Pelike with Perseus and Andromeda, Perseus and Pegasus, Perseus and Medusa, Bronze sketch of Perseus with the Head of Medusa, Perseus, Andromeda and Cepheus, Apulian volute-krater
- described by source
- Otto's encyclopedia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Реальный словарь классических древностей по Любкеру, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Pauly–Wissowa
- different from
- Perseus
- name in native language
- Περσεύς
- topic's main category
- Category:Perseus
- work location
- Ancient Greece
- worshipped by
- Greek mythology
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