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There are several charactes named Perses in Greek mythology: Greek mythology comprises the collected narratives of Greek gods, goddesses, heroes, and heroines, originally created and spread within an oral-poetic tradition. ...

  1. A Titan, son of Crius and Eurybia. Wed to the Titan Asteria. They had one child noted in mythology: Hekate or Hecate.
  2. Son of Andromeda and Perseus, ancestor of the Persians according to Greek mythology.
  3. Brother of Aeetes. This Perses usurped the throne of Colchis from his brother, but was subsequently slain by Medea, his niece.

Perses was also the name of the brother of Hesiod, mentioned several times in Theogony For the moon of Saturn, see Titan (moon). ... In Greek mythology, Crius was one of the Titans, a son of Uranus and Gaia. ... In Greek mythology, Eurybia was married to the titan Crius and gave birth to three known offspring Astraios, Perses, and Pallas. ... For the moon of Saturn, see Titan (moon). ... In later Greek mythology, Hecate (or Hekate; Greek Ἑκάτη Hekátē) was scarcely more than the goddess of witchcraft and sorcery. ... Hecate, Hekate (HekátÄ“), or Hekat was originally a goddess of the wilderness and childbirth originating from Thrace, or among the Carians of Anatolia (Burkert 1985 p171). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Boast of Cassiopeia. ... For the constellation, see Perseus (constellation); for the Macedonian king, see Perseus of Macedon Perseus with the Head of Medusa Perseus was the son of Danae, the only child of Acrisius king of Argos. ... The Persians of Iran (officially named Persia by West until 1935 while still referred to as Persia by some) are an Iranian people who speak Persian (locally named Fârsi by native speakers) and often refer to themselves as ethnic Iranians as well. ... Greek mythology comprises the collected narratives of Greek gods, goddesses, heroes, and heroines, originally created and spread within an oral-poetic tradition. ... Aeetes (in Greek Αἰήτης) - King of Colchis (territory of modern West Georgia) in Greek mythology, Aeetes figured prominently in the story of Jason and the Argonauts. ... In ancient geography, Colchis (sometimes spelled also as Kolchis) (Greek: Κολχίς, kŏl´kĬs; Georgian: კოლხეთი, Kolkheti) was a nearly triangular district in Caucasus. ... Sarah Bernhardt in Euripides Medea, poster by Alfons Mucha In Greek mythology Medea was the daughter of King Aeetes of Colchis (now a territory of modern Georgia) and niece of Circe, and later wife to Jason. ... Hesiod (Hesiodos, Ἡσιοδος) was an early Greek poet and rhapsode, believed to have lived around 700 BC. Greek historians debated the priority of Hesiod or of Homer, and even brought them together in an imagined poetic contest; most modern scholars agree that Homer lived before Hesiod. ... Theogony is a poem by Hesiod describing the origins of the gods of Greek mythology. ...


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Perse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (244 words)
In Greek mythology, Perse (also Persa or Perseis) was a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, therefore one of the three-thousand Oceanids.
Due to unfortunate coincidence, "perse" is an obscene word in both Finnish and Estonian (meaning the backside of a human), which has given Finnish children studying Greek mythology many a guffaw.
Perse (Pērse) is a river and a waterfall in Koknese manor park, Aizkraukles county, Latvia.
Perse School - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (945 words)
The Perse School is a fee-paying secondary day school for boys 11–18 and girls at 16+ situated in Cambridge, England.
The school was founded in 1615 by Dr Stephen Perse, a fellow of Gonville and Caius College, and has existed on several different sites in the city before its present home on Hills Road.
The word "perse" is Finnish and Estonian slang, roughly translating as "arse".
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