Perses (English spelling)

Japanese: Persēs（英語表記）Perses

…But when Andromeda’s uncle, who had been engaged to her, and his men attacked them, Perseus showed them Medusa’s head and turned them to stone. Andromeda then left her eldest son, Perses, who later became the ancestor of the Persian royal family, with her father, and left her homeland with her husband. She went on to become the mother of five sons and one daughter. She, her husband, her parents, and the monster later became the constellations. …

From Hecate

…Her name means “far-reaching woman.” According to the oldest document that mentions her, Hesiod’s Theogony, she was the daughter of the Titans Perses and Asteria (sister of Leto, mother of Apollo and Artemis), and was highly honored by Zeus, had authority over the heavens, the earth, and the sea, and bestowed good fortune in all circumstances on those who prayed to her. However, she was later associated with the underworld, and was considered a fearsome goddess who ruled over the night, magic, and transformation, carried a torch in her hand, and appeared at crossroads accompanied by the dogs of hell. …

From Hesiod

…Although he uses the language of traditional epic poetry, he is different from the Homeric poetic style in that he directly expresses the reality and values of the poet himself. According to his own words, his father lived in the Aeolian colony in Asia Minor, sailed ships and traded, and later moved to the small village of Ascra in Boeotia, where Hesiod and his brother Perses were raised. According to the prologue to the Theogony, when Hesiod was living as a shepherd on the slopes of Mount Helicon, the Muses appeared to him, gave him a laurel staff so that he would become a poet, breathed voice and words into him, and commanded him to praise the great deeds of man, past and future, and to give full praise to the eternal race of gods. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Persēs" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…しかし，かねてよりアンドロメダと婚約していた叔父とその一味が2人を襲ったので，ペルセウスはメドゥーサの首を見せて彼らを石と化せしめた。その後アンドロメダは，のちにペルシア王家の祖となった長子ペルセスPersēsを父王のもとに残して夫とともに故国を去り，さらに5男1女の母となった。彼女とその夫，両親および怪物はのちに星座になったという。…

【ヘカテ】より

…その名は〈遠（とお）はたらきの女〉の意。彼女に言及している最古の文献，ヘシオドスの《神統記》によれば，彼女はいずれもティタン神のペルセスPersēsとアステリアAsteria(アポロンとアルテミスの母レトの姉妹)の娘で，ゼウスから大いなる栄誉を与えられて天と地と海における権能を有し，祈りを捧げる人間にあらゆる状況における幸運をさずけるという。しかし彼女はのちに地下の冥界と関係づけられて，夜，魔法，妖怪変化の支配者となり，松明を手にし，地獄の犬どもを従えて三つ辻に出没する恐ろしい女神と考えられた。…

【ヘシオドス】より

…伝統的叙事詩の言語を用いているが，ホメロス派の詩風とは趣を異にして，詩人自身の現実や価値観を直截な表現に託している。彼自身の言葉によれば，父は小アジアのアイオリス人の植民地に住み，船を操り貿易を業としたが，のちボイオティアの寒村アスクラに移り住み，ヘシオドスとペルセスPersēsの兄弟はそこに生育した。《神統記》序詞によれば，ヘシオドスがヘリコン山の山腹で羊飼いの暮しをしていたとき詩神(ムーサたち)が現れ，彼に詩人になるようにと月桂樹の杖を与え，声と言葉を吹きこみ，人間の来し方行く末の偉業をたたえ，とこしえなる神々の族に賛美を尽くすようにと命じたという。…

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