In Greek mythology, Perileos (/pəˈrɪliɒs/; Ancient Greek: Περίλεως) or Perilaus (/ˌpɛrɪˈleɪəs/; Περίλᾱος) is a name that may refer to:
- Perileos, is the Spartan son of Icarius and the naiad Periboea, he was the brother of Penelope, Thoas, Damasippus, Imeusimus, Aletes[1] and probably Iphthime. In one account, he was called Perilaos and his mother was named Asterodia, daughter of Eurypylus; and brother of Amasichus, Phalereus, Thoon, Pheremmelias, Penelope and Laodamia (also called Mede or Hypsipyle - the alternate names of Iphthime).[2]
- Perileos accused Orestes of the murder of his cousin Clytemnestra.[3]
- Perileos, son of Ancaeus of Samos and Samia, daughter of the river god Maeander. His siblings were Enoudus, Samus, Alitherses and Parthenope (mother of Lycomedes by Apollo).[4]
- Perileos, a defender of Troy killed by Neoptolemus.[5]
- Perilaus, alleged inventor of the brazen bull.
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[edit]- Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy translated by Way. A. S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 19. London: William Heinemann, 1913. Online version at theio.com
- Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy. Arthur S. Way. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1913. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.