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Perieres

Perie'res

(Περιήρης).

1. A son of Aeoius and Enarete, king of Messene, was the father of Aphareus and Leucippus by Gorgophone. (Apollod. 1.7.3; Paus. 4.2.2, 3.3, &c.) In some traditions Perieres was called a son of Cynortas, and besides the sons above mentioned he is said to have been, by Gorgophone, the father of Tyndareos and Icarius. (Tzetz. ad Lyc. 511; Apollod. 1.9.5, 3.10.3.) Oebalus also is called a son of Perieres. (Schol. ad Eurip. Orest. 447.) Afterthedeath of Perieres, Gorgophone is said to have married Oebalus, and to have been the first widow in Greece that married a second husband. (Paus. 2.21.8, comp. iii. 1.4.)

Perie'res

2. The charioteer of king Menoeceus in Thebes. (Apollod. 2.4.11.)

Perie'res

3. The father of Borus, who was the husband of Polydora. (Hom. Il. 16.177.) [L.S]

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