Peiras

Peiras or Peiranthos or Peiren ( Greek  Πείρας, Πείρανθος, Πειρήν ) is a figure in Greek mythology .

He is the son of Argos and Euadne , the daughter of Strymon . His siblings are Kriasos , Epidauros and Ekbasos . He is the father of Kallithyia or Kallithoë . He started the cult of Hera in Argos and made his daughter her first priestess.

literature

• Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Peiras . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 3.2, Leipzig 1909, column 1754 ( digitized version ).
• Otto Höfer : Peiranthos. In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology. Volume 3.2, Leipzig 1909, Col. 1753 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Otto Jessen : Peiren 2. In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Extensive lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology. Volume 3.2, Leipzig 1909, Col. 1754 f. ( Digitized version ).

Remarks

1. ^ Libraries of Apollodorus 2, 1, 2.
2. ↑ Plutarch , de daedalis Plataeensibus fragment 10th