Pero (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Pero (/ˈpɪroʊ, ˈpiːroʊ/; Ancient Greek: Πηρώ) may refer to the following women:

• Pero, consort of Poseidon who became the mother of Asopus, according to Acusilaus.^[1] She may be the same with Celusa, possible mother of Asopus by the same god.^[2]
• Pero, the beautiful daughter of Neleus.^[3]
• Pero, also known as Xanthippe, daughter of Myconus.^[4]

In Roman mythology, Pero is a woman who saves her imprisoned parent (mother or father, depending on the story version) from starvation by breastfeeding them.

Notes

1. Apollodorus, 3.12.6
2. Pausanias, 2.12.4
3. Apollodorus, 1.9.11-12
4. Valerius Maximus, 5.4. ext. 1

References

• 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.