Deity Greek and Roman
Perseus
Περσεύς , Perseus grc
Legendary Greek hero and founder of Mycenae, demigod son of Zeus and Danae; famous for beheading the Gorgon Medusa
king of Argos
king of Mycenae
king of Tiryns
Offices on record
Family
The family of Perseus
Parents, consorts and children as the accounts give them. Choose a consort to see the children the stories give the two.
Accounts differ about a god’s family. Where they name different parents, the tree sets them side by side instead of choosing one.
The family as a list · 22
Kinship in an account 14
What this means
Parentage as a named source tells it. Not an independently established biological relationship, and different accounts disagree.
Does not imply an independently established biological relationship · agreement between accounts · marriage as a legal institution · exclusivity, or a single canonical pairing
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
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child of (mother) Danaë daughter of Acrisius of Argos and Queen Eurydice, mother of Perseus, in Greek mythology -
child of (child) Zeus Greek god of the sky and king of the gods - parent of (child) Alcaeus son of Perseus in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Autochthe daughter of Perseus in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Cynurus mythical son of Perseus
- parent of (father) Electryon son of Perseus in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Erythra daughter of Perseus in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Erythras king in Greek mythology, son of Perseus
- parent of (child) Gorgophone daughter of Perseus and Andromeda in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Heleus son of Perseus in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Mestor son of Perseus in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Perses son of Perseus in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Sthenelus son of Perseus
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partner of (spouse) Andromeda Ethiopian princess in Greek mythology
Family 8
What this means
A documented human family relationship. Not a succession mechanism, and not religious transmission.
Does not imply a right to an office · transmission of a teaching · a shared religious affiliation
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
- child of (child) Danaë daughter of Acrisius of Argos and Queen Eurydice, mother of Perseus, in Greek mythology
- parent of (father) Alcaeus son of Perseus in Greek mythology
- parent of (father) Gorgophone daughter of Perseus and Andromeda in Greek mythology
- parent of (father) Heleus son of Perseus in Greek mythology
- parent of (father) Perses son of Perseus in Greek mythology
- parent of (father) Sthenelus son of Perseus
- sibling of Manes king of Maeonia
- married to Andromeda Ethiopian princess in Greek mythology
Accounts
Where Perseus appears
Each work is its own account. Where two disagree about a parent or a deed, both readings stand.
What this means
Works this figure is recorded as appearing in. Each is an account, not a chapter of one story: where two of them disagree about a parent or a deed, both readings stand and this site keeps the disagreement. The earliest account below is computed from these works, not stated by any source — a fact about which texts this collection holds and when they were written, not a date for the figure, who has none, and not a floor for the tradition, which is older than anything that survives of it.
The earliest account held here Computed
Metamorphoses written c. between 1 and 9 CE
A date for the text, never for the deity.Connections
How Perseus connects
Grouped by the kind of relationship, because a successor is not a son and a shared symbol is not an influence.
Succession in office 3
What this means
Who held an office after whom. Not parentage, not discipleship, and not universally recognised — offices are contested.
Does not imply recognition by every tradition · an uncontested claim
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Identification 1
What this means
One figure treated as another in some context. Not literal identity in all contexts, and usually a claim by a third party.
Does not imply literal identity in all contexts · that either tradition made the identification
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Sources
Sources and evidence
Where every statement on this page comes from, and how each one stands.
19 statements on this record
- 12 Has references The statement cites something outside Wikimedia. That citation has not been checked here.
- 7 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it.
Only this record’s own statements. What other records say about it is counted on theirs.
Three layers, three licences
- Text
- Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted, not merged
- Pictures
- Wikimedia Commons · each file’s own terms
Review
Not yet read by an editor here. Every relationship on this page is an import.
Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.
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