Perie'res
(
Περιήρης).
1. A son of Aeoius and Enarete, king of Messene, was the father of Aphareus and Leucippus by Gorgophone. (
Apollod. 1.7.3;
Paus. 4.2.2,
3.3, &c.)
In some traditions Perieres was called a son of Cynortas, and besides the sons above mentioned he is said to have been, by Gorgophone, the father of Tyndareos and Icarius. (Tzetz.
ad Lyc. 511;
Apollod. 1.9.5,
3.10.3.) Oebalus also is called a son of Perieres. (Schol.
ad Eurip. Orest. 447.) Afterthedeath of Perieres, Gorgophone is said to have married Oebalus, and to have been the first widow in Greece that married a second husband. (
Paus. 2.21.8, comp. iii. 1.4.)