Son of Argos [I 1] and Euadne (Apollod. 2,3), father of Io (Apollod. 2,5; Hes.Cat. 124) or of Callithyia (= Callithoe [2]), whom P. employed as priestess in the sanctuary of the Argive Hera that he founded (Plut. FGrH 388 F 2). Other forms of the name: Peiras (Apollod. 2,3), Peirasus (Paus. 2,17,5), Peiranthus (Hyg. Fab. 145).
Eiben, Susanne (Kiel),
“Peiren”, in:
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