Perses: Meaning and Definition of
Per•ses
Pronunciation: (pûr'sēz), [key] — n. Class. Myth.
- a son of Perseus and Andromeda and the ancestor of the kings of Persia.
- brother of King Aeëtes of Colchis. Having murdered Aeëtes and seized the throne, Perses was killed by his niece Medea and her son Medus.
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