Editing Perseids (mythology)

{{Short description|Descendants of Perseus in Greek mythology}}
In [[Greek mythology]], the '''Perseids'''{{sfn|Blackwell|1735|p=20}}{{sfn|Gladstone|1858|p=365}}{{sfn|Zekiou|2019|p=66}}{{sfn|Smith|1875|p=306}} ({{singular}} '''Perseid''';{{sfn|Bigg|1868|p=21}}{{sfn|Guest|1883|p=287}}{{efn|Archaically ''Perseides'' or ''Perseïdes'', {{singular}} ''Perseide'' or ''Perseïde''.}} {{langx|grc|Περσείδαι|translit=Perseídai}},{{sfn|Wallace|1927|p=85}}{{sfn|Christopoulos|1975|p=136}}{{sfn|Vannicelli|2012|p=265}} {{lit|those born of Perseus}}, {{singular}} {{lang|grc|Περσείδης}} {{translit|grc|Perseídēs}}),{{efn|{{langx|la|Perseidae}},{{sfn|Peter|1882|p=6}} {{singular}} {{lang|la|Perseides}}.}} also called the '''Perseid dynasty''',{{sfn|Grote|1869|p=90}}{{sfn|Frazer|1898|p=160}} the '''Perseid line''',{{sfn|Gillies|1787|p=95}}{{sfn|Mitford|1814|p=4}} or the '''House of Perseus''', are the descendants of [[Perseus]] and [[Andromeda (mythology)|Andromeda]].

After the [[Greek Dark Ages]], tradition recalled that Perseus and his descendants the Perseids had ruled [[Tiryns]] in [[Mycenaean Greece|Mycenaean times]], while the allied branch descended from Perseus' great-uncle [[Proetus]] ruled in [[Argos, Peloponnese|Argos]].<ref>[http://www.timelessmyths.com/classical/argolis.html#Perseids Royal Houses of Argolis: Perseidai]</ref>

Perseus and Andromeda had seven sons: [[Perses (son of Andromeda and Perseus)|Perses]], [[Alcaeus (mythology)|Alcaeus]], [[Heleus]], [[Mestor]], [[Sthenelus (son of Andromeda and Perseus)|Sthenelus]], [[Electryon]], and [[Cynurus]]; and two daughters: [[Gorgophone]], and [[Autochthe]]. Perses was left in [[Ethiopia (Mythology)|Aethiopia]] and was believed to have become an ancestor of the [[Persian Empire|Persians]]. The other descendants ruled [[Mycenae]] from [[Electryon]] down to [[Eurystheus]], after whom [[Atreus]] got the kingdom. The most renowned of the Perseids was the greatest [[Greek hero]], [[Heracles]] son of [[Zeus]] and [[Alcmene]], daughter of Electryon.

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==Sources==
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