# Perseus — Victory Odes character guide

> Perseus in Victory Odes by Pindar.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0001-victory-odes

## Who they are

Hero who slew Medusa, ancestor of Heracles and the Dorian race.

## Relationships

### [Phorkys](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/characters/phorkys)

_rivalry_

Perseus encounters Phorkys as a primordial sea god whose daughters (the Graeae and Gorgons) oppose the hero.

### [Phorkys](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/characters/phorkys)

_rivalry_

Perseus encounters Phorkys as a primordial sea god whose daughters (the Graeae and Gorgons) oppose the hero.

## In the story

### [X For Hippokleas of Thessaly](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/chapters/x)

Mythical hero and ancestor of the Aleuadae clan; visited the Hyperboreans.

### [XII For Midas of Akragas, on his victory in flute-playing, 490 BC](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/chapters/xii)

Slew Medusa, the Gorgon, and brought doom to Seriphus.

### [X For Theaius of Argos](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/chapters/x)

Mentioned in the context of Argos' heroic deeds, specifically the slaying of the Gorgon.

## Links

- HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/characters/perseus
- Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se
- All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/characters