Perseus

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Perseus
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Io of Argos

• Zeus loves Io turns her to heifer
• Hera demands heifer
• Argos enchanted by Hermes
• Gadfly pursues Io
• Epaphus child of Zeus and Io
• daughter Libya bears Agenor Belus
• Sons of Belus
• Egypt(us) Danaus
• Danaus 50 daughters to Argos
• Sons of Egypt murdered, all but one (Lynceus)
• Grandsons of Lynceus are Proetus and Acrisius

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A simplified family tree of
Heracles and the Perseids follows Acrisius,
father of DanaeDanae and Perseus wash up on
island of Polydectes Zeus w/ Danae gt
PerseusPerseus w/ Andromeda gt Alcaeus
Electryon
Sthenelus (kings of Mycenae, Argos)
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Amphitryon w/
Alcmena Eurystheus

(master
of H for 12 labors)
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Iphicles
Heracles (by Zeus, tho called
Alcides gt Iolaus ThespiusLinus music
teacher Eurytus archery teachervs. Minyans
-? Megara
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Commodus as Heracles
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