The Titans and their kin
- Looks after
- Destruction, and the father of Hecate
Perses
Πέρσης
Perses is a Titan, brother of Astraeus and Pallas, and the father of the goddess Hecate.
Perses is a son of Crius and Eurybia. Hesiod says he excelled all in wisdom, and that with Asteria he fathered Hecate, whom Zeus honoured above all the other gods.
His name is sometimes explained as meaning the destroyer, from the verb to destroy. It should not be confused with Perses, the brother of the poet Hesiod, to whom the Works and Days is addressed.
The ancient evidence for Perses is limited, so this page is short on purpose.
Ancient sources
- Hesiod, Theogony 375-377, 409-411