Perses (Destroyer) Greek A little-known secondgeneration Titan, the son of Crius and Eurybia.
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Perses (Destroyer) Greek A little-known secondgeneration Titan, the son of Crius and Eurybia. He married the Titaness Asteria, and together they were the parents of the goddess Hecate. Perses was considered by some ancient Greek writers to be a god of wisdom and by others a god of war, as was his brother Pallas. Perses was credited with laying waste to battlefields. A different Perses was the son of Perseus.
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- Crius (Krios) Greek A first-generation Titan; son of Uranus (Heaven) and Gaia (Earth); with Eurybia, a daughter of Pontus and Gaia, the father of Astraeus, Pallas, and Perses.
- Doris (Bounty) Greek An Oceanid, or ocean Nymph; one of the eldest daughters of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys; herself considered a secondgeneration Titan.
- Jason (Iason) Greek The hero of one of the most famous Greek legends, often known as "Jason and the Golden Fleece," or "Jason and the Argonauts.
- Leto Greek A Titan; daughter of Coeus and Phoebe; mother, by Zeus, of the twin deities, Artemis and Apollo.
- Metis (Wisdom) Greek A Titan, daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, an Oceanid, or ocean Nymph, who was counted among the Titans.