Perseus son of zeus
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Persius, in full Aulus Persius Flaccus (34 – 62 C.E.), was an ancient Roman poet and satirist of Etruscan origin. His six short satires, published after his death by his friend and mentor, the Stoic philosopher Lucius Annaeus Cornutus, were greeted with delight and appreciation and became an instant success in Rome. Considered to be one of the best of the Roman satirists, Persius used humor and exaggeration to expose and criticize the degradation of Roman society, and, in the process, to uphold the high moral ideals of Stoicism. His works were widely read by scholars during the Middle Ages.
Life
A detailed biography attached to the manuscripts of Persius’ satires is attributed either to Suetonius, or to Valerius Probus, possibly a grammarian who lived during the time of Nero. Many details of the biography coincide with events mentioned in the satires, and the biography is thought to have been compiled shortly after the death of Persius, so that the details are considered to be reasonably accurate.
Aulus Persius Flaccus was born at the small Etruscan city of Volaterrae
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Juvenal and Persius/Life of Persius
We know from the Eusebian chronicle that the poet A. Persius Flaccus was born in the year A.D. 34, somewhat more than two years before the death of the Emperor Tiberius, and that he died in the year 62. He thus lived through the reigns of Caius and Claudius and the first eight years of Nero. For other information as to his life and circumstances our sole source of information is an ancient Biography prefixed to many of the manuscripts of Persius. This Biography many scholars attributed to Suetonius, the biographer of the first twelve Caesars, on the ground that the lexicographer Suidas says that that author wrote a book De Poetis, of which the ancient biographies of Terence and Horace are supposed to have formed a part. In the oldest MSS., however, the Biography of Persius is described as having been taken from a commentary of Probus Valerius, so that we may with some probability attribute this Biography either to the famous grammarian of that name, who lived in the reign of Nero, or to one or other of the grammarians who
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Perseus
Ancient Greek hero and founder of Mycenae
For other uses, see Perseus (disambiguation).
| Perseus | |
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Perseus with the Head of Medusa by Benvenuto Cellini (1554) | |
| Abode | Seriphus, then Argos |
| Symbol | Medusa's head |
| Parents | Zeus and Danaë |
| Siblings | Several paternal half-siblings |
| Consort | Andromeda |
| Children | Perses, Heleus, Alcaeus, Sthenelus, Electryon, Mestor, Cynurus, Gorgophone, Autochthe |
In Greek mythology, Perseus (, ; Greek: Περσεύς, translit. Perseús) is the legendary founder of the Perseid dynasty. He was, alongside Cadmus and Bellerophon, the greatest Greek hero and slayer of monsters before the days of Heracles.[1] He beheaded the GorgonMedusa for Polydectes and saved Andromeda from the sea monster Cetus. He was the son of Zeus and the mortal Danaë,[2] as well as the half-brother and great-grandfather of Heracles (as they were both children of Zeus, and Heracles's mother was descended from Perseus).
Etymology
Because of the obscurity of the name "Perseus" and the legendary character of its bearer, most
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