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1 Perseus
1.Perseus, ĕi and ĕos (acc., Persea, Ov. M. 4, 610), m., = Perseus.I.Son of Jupiter and Danăē, abandoned by his grandfather Acrisius, but rescued and brought up by Polydectes, king of Seriphus. When grown up, he undertook, at the instigation of Polydectes, an expedition against the islands of the Gorgons, and received from Vulcan a sickle-shaped sword, from Mercury winged shoes, and from Minerva a shield and the flying horse Pegasus. Thus armed, he killed and cut off the head of Medusa, whose look turned every thing into stone. On his way back, he, by means of it, turned into stone a sea-monster to which Andromeda, the daughter of Cepheus, was exposed, and married her. Their son Perses became the progenitor of the Persians. After his death, Perseus was placed among [p. 1355] the constellations, Ov. M. 4, 609 sq.; Hyg. Fab. 64; 244; id. Astron. 12; Cic. N. D. 2, 44, 112; Prop. 2, 30 (3, 28), 4; 2, 28 (3, 24), 22; Serv. Verg. A. 4, 246.—B.Hence,1.Persēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Perseus, Persean, Prop. 3 (4), 22, 8:2. II.Perseos alter in Argos scinditur,
i. e. where Perseus's grandfather, Acrisius, reigned, Stat. Th. 1, 255:Persei culmina montis,
the mountain where Perseus first mounted Pegasus, id. ib. 3, 633:Persea Tarsos,
founded by Perseus, Luc. 3, 225:Babylon,
id. 6, 449.—The last king of Macedonia, v. Perses, IV.2.Persēus, a, um, v. the preced. art., I. B. 1. -
2 Gorgo
Gorgo, ŏnis, or -gūs (also Gorgŏ-na, ae, Prud. steph. 10, 278), f., = Gorgô, a daughter of Phorcus, called Medusa, whose hair consisted of snakes, and who turned all she looked upon to stone; she was killed by Perseus. Her head was fixed on the shield of Pallas, and from her blood sprang the winged horse Pegasus, Ov. M. 4, 699; 5, 180; 202; Verg. A. 2, 616; 8, 438; Val. Fl. 3, 54; Mart. 9, 26, 5; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124.—In apposition:II.ora Medusae Gorgonis anguineis cincta fuisse comis,
Ov. Tr. 4, 7, 12.— Plur., the Gorgons, the three daughters of Phorcus, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, all of whom are described as above, Verg. A. 6, 289; Plin. 6, 31, 36, § 200; Mart. 10, 4, 9. —Derivv.A.Gorgŏnĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Gorgon, Gorgonian:B.crines,
Ov. M. 4, 801; 5, 196:domus,
the dwelling of Gorgon, id. ib. 4, 779:ignis,
id. A. A. 3, 504:venena,
i. e. snaky hair like that of Gorgon, Verg. A. 7, 341:equus,
i. e. Pegasus, Ov. F. 3, 450; Stat. Th. 4, 61:caballus, the same,
Juv. 3, 118.—Hence also:lacus,
the fountain Hippocrene, on Mount Helicon, which burst forth where Pegasus struck the ground with his hoof, Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 32.— -
3 Gorgona
Gorgo, ŏnis, or -gūs (also Gorgŏ-na, ae, Prud. steph. 10, 278), f., = Gorgô, a daughter of Phorcus, called Medusa, whose hair consisted of snakes, and who turned all she looked upon to stone; she was killed by Perseus. Her head was fixed on the shield of Pallas, and from her blood sprang the winged horse Pegasus, Ov. M. 4, 699; 5, 180; 202; Verg. A. 2, 616; 8, 438; Val. Fl. 3, 54; Mart. 9, 26, 5; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124.—In apposition:II.ora Medusae Gorgonis anguineis cincta fuisse comis,
Ov. Tr. 4, 7, 12.— Plur., the Gorgons, the three daughters of Phorcus, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, all of whom are described as above, Verg. A. 6, 289; Plin. 6, 31, 36, § 200; Mart. 10, 4, 9. —Derivv.A.Gorgŏnĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Gorgon, Gorgonian:B.crines,
Ov. M. 4, 801; 5, 196:domus,
the dwelling of Gorgon, id. ib. 4, 779:ignis,
id. A. A. 3, 504:venena,
i. e. snaky hair like that of Gorgon, Verg. A. 7, 341:equus,
i. e. Pegasus, Ov. F. 3, 450; Stat. Th. 4, 61:caballus, the same,
Juv. 3, 118.—Hence also:lacus,
the fountain Hippocrene, on Mount Helicon, which burst forth where Pegasus struck the ground with his hoof, Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 32.— -
4 Gorgoneus
Gorgo, ŏnis, or -gūs (also Gorgŏ-na, ae, Prud. steph. 10, 278), f., = Gorgô, a daughter of Phorcus, called Medusa, whose hair consisted of snakes, and who turned all she looked upon to stone; she was killed by Perseus. Her head was fixed on the shield of Pallas, and from her blood sprang the winged horse Pegasus, Ov. M. 4, 699; 5, 180; 202; Verg. A. 2, 616; 8, 438; Val. Fl. 3, 54; Mart. 9, 26, 5; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124.—In apposition:II.ora Medusae Gorgonis anguineis cincta fuisse comis,
Ov. Tr. 4, 7, 12.— Plur., the Gorgons, the three daughters of Phorcus, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, all of whom are described as above, Verg. A. 6, 289; Plin. 6, 31, 36, § 200; Mart. 10, 4, 9. —Derivv.A.Gorgŏnĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Gorgon, Gorgonian:B.crines,
Ov. M. 4, 801; 5, 196:domus,
the dwelling of Gorgon, id. ib. 4, 779:ignis,
id. A. A. 3, 504:venena,
i. e. snaky hair like that of Gorgon, Verg. A. 7, 341:equus,
i. e. Pegasus, Ov. F. 3, 450; Stat. Th. 4, 61:caballus, the same,
Juv. 3, 118.—Hence also:lacus,
the fountain Hippocrene, on Mount Helicon, which burst forth where Pegasus struck the ground with his hoof, Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 32.— -
5 Gorgonia
Gorgo, ŏnis, or -gūs (also Gorgŏ-na, ae, Prud. steph. 10, 278), f., = Gorgô, a daughter of Phorcus, called Medusa, whose hair consisted of snakes, and who turned all she looked upon to stone; she was killed by Perseus. Her head was fixed on the shield of Pallas, and from her blood sprang the winged horse Pegasus, Ov. M. 4, 699; 5, 180; 202; Verg. A. 2, 616; 8, 438; Val. Fl. 3, 54; Mart. 9, 26, 5; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124.—In apposition:II.ora Medusae Gorgonis anguineis cincta fuisse comis,
Ov. Tr. 4, 7, 12.— Plur., the Gorgons, the three daughters of Phorcus, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, all of whom are described as above, Verg. A. 6, 289; Plin. 6, 31, 36, § 200; Mart. 10, 4, 9. —Derivv.A.Gorgŏnĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Gorgon, Gorgonian:B.crines,
Ov. M. 4, 801; 5, 196:domus,
the dwelling of Gorgon, id. ib. 4, 779:ignis,
id. A. A. 3, 504:venena,
i. e. snaky hair like that of Gorgon, Verg. A. 7, 341:equus,
i. e. Pegasus, Ov. F. 3, 450; Stat. Th. 4, 61:caballus, the same,
Juv. 3, 118.—Hence also:lacus,
the fountain Hippocrene, on Mount Helicon, which burst forth where Pegasus struck the ground with his hoof, Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 32.— -
6 Ceto
Cēto, ūs, f., = Kêtô.I.The wife of Phorcus, and mother of Medusa and the Gorgons, Luc. 9, 646.—II.A Nereid, honored upon the Phœnician coast, Plin. 5, 13, 14, § 69. -
7 Graeae
Graeae, ārum, f., = Graiai (old women), daughters of Phorcus (hence Phorcydes) and Ceto, sisters and guardians of the Gorgons, gray-haired from their birth, having [p. 822] but one eye and one tooth among them, Hyg. praef. p. 7 Munck. -
8 Phorcus
Phorcus, i (also Phorcys, yos, and Phorcyn, ynos, acc. to Prisc. p. 690 P., but acc. to Serv., Verg. A. 5, 240, these forms are not used in Lat.), m., = Phorkos, Phorkus, and Phorkun, son of Neptune, father of Medusa and the other Gorgons, and of the Grœœ, who was changed after death into a sea-god, Cic. Univ. 11, 35:A.Phorci chorus,
Verg. A. 5, 240;or, Phorci exercitus,
i. e. sea-gods, id. ib. 5, 824:pater Phorcys,
Val. Fl. 3, 726; Luc. 9, 645.—Hence,Phorcys, ydos ( Phorcis, ĭdis), f., a female descendant of Phorcus:B.ora Phorcydos,
i. e. of Medusa, Prop. 3, 21 (4, 22), 8:geminas habitasse sorores Phorcydas unius partitas luminis usum,
i. e. the Grœœ, Ov. M. 4, 773.— -
9 Phorcyn
Phorcus, i (also Phorcys, yos, and Phorcyn, ynos, acc. to Prisc. p. 690 P., but acc. to Serv., Verg. A. 5, 240, these forms are not used in Lat.), m., = Phorkos, Phorkus, and Phorkun, son of Neptune, father of Medusa and the other Gorgons, and of the Grœœ, who was changed after death into a sea-god, Cic. Univ. 11, 35:A.Phorci chorus,
Verg. A. 5, 240;or, Phorci exercitus,
i. e. sea-gods, id. ib. 5, 824:pater Phorcys,
Val. Fl. 3, 726; Luc. 9, 645.—Hence,Phorcys, ydos ( Phorcis, ĭdis), f., a female descendant of Phorcus:B.ora Phorcydos,
i. e. of Medusa, Prop. 3, 21 (4, 22), 8:geminas habitasse sorores Phorcydas unius partitas luminis usum,
i. e. the Grœœ, Ov. M. 4, 773.— -
10 Phorcynis
Phorcus, i (also Phorcys, yos, and Phorcyn, ynos, acc. to Prisc. p. 690 P., but acc. to Serv., Verg. A. 5, 240, these forms are not used in Lat.), m., = Phorkos, Phorkus, and Phorkun, son of Neptune, father of Medusa and the other Gorgons, and of the Grœœ, who was changed after death into a sea-god, Cic. Univ. 11, 35:A.Phorci chorus,
Verg. A. 5, 240;or, Phorci exercitus,
i. e. sea-gods, id. ib. 5, 824:pater Phorcys,
Val. Fl. 3, 726; Luc. 9, 645.—Hence,Phorcys, ydos ( Phorcis, ĭdis), f., a female descendant of Phorcus:B.ora Phorcydos,
i. e. of Medusa, Prop. 3, 21 (4, 22), 8:geminas habitasse sorores Phorcydas unius partitas luminis usum,
i. e. the Grœœ, Ov. M. 4, 773.— -
11 Phorcys
Phorcus, i (also Phorcys, yos, and Phorcyn, ynos, acc. to Prisc. p. 690 P., but acc. to Serv., Verg. A. 5, 240, these forms are not used in Lat.), m., = Phorkos, Phorkus, and Phorkun, son of Neptune, father of Medusa and the other Gorgons, and of the Grœœ, who was changed after death into a sea-god, Cic. Univ. 11, 35:A.Phorci chorus,
Verg. A. 5, 240;or, Phorci exercitus,
i. e. sea-gods, id. ib. 5, 824:pater Phorcys,
Val. Fl. 3, 726; Luc. 9, 645.—Hence,Phorcys, ydos ( Phorcis, ĭdis), f., a female descendant of Phorcus:B.ora Phorcydos,
i. e. of Medusa, Prop. 3, 21 (4, 22), 8:geminas habitasse sorores Phorcydas unius partitas luminis usum,
i. e. the Grœœ, Ov. M. 4, 773.—
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