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Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Atlas Coeus Crius Cronus Demeter Dionysus Gaia Hades Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hestia Hyperion Iapetus Mnemosyne Oceanus Phobos Phoebe Poseidon Prometheus Rhea Tethys Themis Uranus Zeus
Bacchus Ceres Diana Juno Jupiter Mars Mercury Minerva Neptune Pluto Venus Vesta Vulcan
Amun Anubis Aten Atum Babi Bastet Bes Geb Hapi hathor heqet Horus Isis Khepri Khnum Khonsu Maat Nephthys Nut Osiris Ptah Ra Seshat Seth Shu Sobek Thoth
Alfheim Baldur Freya Freyr Frigg Heimdallr Helheim Idun Jotunheim Loki Nerthus Njord Odin Thor Tyr
Aengus Arawn Badb Brigid Cailleach Ceridwen Cernunnos Cu Chulainn Dagda Danu Gwydion Herne the Hunter Lugh Medb Morrigan Neit Nuada Taliesin Taranis
Chalchiuhtlicue Coatlicue Huitzilopochtli Mictlantecuhtli Mixcoatl Ometeotl Quetzalcoatl Tezcatlipoca Tlaloc Tonatiuh Xipe Totec Xochiquetzal Xolotl
Amaterasu Ame no Uzume Benzaiten Bishamonten Daikokuten Ebisu Fujin Fukurokuju Inari Izanagi Kagutsuchi Raijin Susanoo Tsukuyomi
Caishen Cangjie Dragon King Eight Immortals Erlang Shen Fuxi Guanyin Hou Yi Huxian Jade Emperor King Yama Leizi Lu-ban Mazu Nezha Nuwa Pangu Shennong Sun Wukong Xiwangmu Yue Lao Zhong Kui
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Perses

Perses was the son of the Titans Crius and Eurybia. He was the brother of Astraeüs (Astraeus) and Pallas. He married Asteria and became the father of Hecate.

Perses was probably imprisoned with the other Titans for participating in the war against Zeus and the Olympians.

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Perses, Πήρσης.

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Crius, Eurybia, Asteria, Astraeus, Pallas, Hecate.

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Titans:

  • • Cronus (Saturn)
  • • Rhea (Ops)
  • • Oceanus
  • • Tethys
  • • Hyperion
  • • Theia
  • • Themis
  • • Mnemosyne
  • • Iapetus
  • • Coeüs
  • • Crius
  • • Phoebe
  • • Dione
  • • Atlas
  • • Prometheus
  • • Epimetheus
  • • Leto
  • • Asteria
  • • Perses
  • • Pallas
  • • Astraeüs
Perse (Perseis)

Perse (Perseis)

Perse or Perseis was the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys . Perse was married to the sun god Helius or Helios (Sol), and she several children by him – Aeetes , Perses, Circe , and Pasiphae . Perse was the goddess of magic and witchcraft, and her chi...

August 31st, 2002 • Jimmy Joe
Astraeüs

Astraeüs

Son of the Titans Crius and Eurybia . He was the brother of Perses and Pallas . By the goddess Eos , he was the father of Boreas , Zephyrus and Notus - gods of winds (see also Aeolus for more detail about the wind gods). His name means "Starry" be...

April 19th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Asteria

Asteria

Asteria was the daughter of the Titans Coeüs (Coeus) and Phoebe . She was the sister of Leto . Asteria married Perses and became mother of Hecate . Not long after her brother was imprisoned in Tartarus, Zeus fell in love with her. Zeus chased Phoe...

April 19th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Crius

Crius

Titan. Crius was the son of Uranus and Gaea . Crius married his half-sister Eurybia , daughter of Gaea and Pontus, and became the father of Perses , Pallas and Astraeus . When Zeus overthrew Cronus and the other Titans, Crius was confined with the...

April 19th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Eurybia

Eurybia

Daughter of Gaea and Pontus. Eurybia married the Titan Crius , and was the mother of Astraeüs (Astraeus), Perses and Pallas . For some reason, Hesiod says that she had a heart of flint. Hesiod had also called her a bright goddess.

April 19th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Pallas

Pallas

Pallas was the son of the Titans Crius and Eurybia . He was the brother of Perses and Astraeüs (Astraeus). He married the Oceanid Styx , and became the father of Bia ("Violence"), Cratus ("Strength"), Nike ("Victory") and Zelus ("Emulation").

April 19th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Perieres

Perieres

Perieres (Περιήρης) was the son of Aeolus and Enarete. He was the brother of Cretheus , Athamas , Sisyphus and Salmoneus . At the death of Polycaon, king of Messenia, people asked Perieres to rule the kingdom, since Polycaon had no son or heir. He...

April 27th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Hecate

Hecate

Hecate was the daughter of Perses or Persaeüs (Persaeus) and Asteria , both of whom were offspring of the Titans. She had also been called a daughter of Demeter. The Romans identified her with Trivia, goddess of the crossroads or of the "Three Way...

September 29th, 2002 • Jimmy Joe
Perseus

Perseus

Perseus (Περσεύς) and the Gorgon Medusa (Μέδοισα) is one of the most popular myths in both Greece and Rome. This story's popularity can be seen in numerous pieces of artwork in ancient Greece and Italy. There are no epics made about this legend, a...

April 9th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Perseus and his Children

Perseus and his Children

Acrisius (Acrisios, Ἀκρίσιοσ) consulted the oracle from Delphi about having a son; instead the oracle warned him that his grandson would kill him one day. Acrisius tried to avoid the fulfilment of the oracle by first imprisoning his daughter Danaë...

April 24th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe

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