Name of several characters in Greek mythology
Perimedes (Ancient Greek: Περιμήδης) was a name attributed to several characters in Greek mythology.
- Perimedes, the Centaur son of Peuceus and brother of Dryalus. He attended Pirithous’ and Hippodameia’s wedding, and together with his kind, they fought against the Lapiths during the celebrated Centauromachy.[1]
- Perimedes, a prince of Tiryns as son of King Eurystheus and Antimache, daughter of Amphidamas of Arcadia. He was the brother of Admete,[2] Alexander, Iphimedon, Mentor and Eurybius. Perimedes was killed by the Athenians in the war that ensued when Athens refused to deliver the Heracleidae up to Eurystheus.[3] Alternately, Perimedes, along with his brothers Eurybius and Eurypylus, was slain by Heracles when at a sacrificial meal in honor of his Twelve Labors being completed they served him a smaller portion of meat than they did for themselves.[4]
- Perimedes, father of the Phocian Schedius who participated in the Trojan War.[5]
- Perimedes, a defender of Troy from Smintheus's grove who was killed by Neoptolemus.[6]
- Perimedes, a singer from Argos, said to have had many disciples.[7]
- Perimedes, one of Odysseus's companions during his return voyage from Troy according to the Odyssey. He is very loyal to Odysseus throughout the story.[8]
- Perimedes, one of the Suitors of Penelope who came from Same along with other 22 wooers.[9] He, with the other suitors, was killed by Odysseus with the aid of Eumaeus, Philoetius, and Telemachus.[10]
- ^ Hesiod, Shield of Heracles 187
- ^ Apollodorus, 2.5.9
- ^ Apollodorus, 2.8.1
- ^ Athenaeus, 4.158 (p. 219)
- ^ Homer, Iliad 15.515
- ^ Quintus Smyrnaeus, 8.291
- ^ Scholia on Homer's Odyssey 3.267
- ^ Homer, Odyssey 11.23 & 12.195; Pausanias, 10.29.1
- ^ Apollodorus, Epitome 7.28
- ^ Apollodorus, Epitome 7.33