Perpenna Marcus, a Roman who conquered Aristonicus in Asia, and took him prisoner. He died B.C. 130.——Another, who joined the rebellion of Sertorius, and opposed Pompey. He was defeated by Metellus, and some time after he had the meanness to assassinate Sertorius, whom he had invited to his house. He fell into the hands of Pompey, who ordered him to be put to death. Plutarch, Sertorius.—Paterculus, bk. 2, ch. 30.——A Greek who obtained the consulship at Rome. Valerius Maximus, bk. 3, ch. 4.
Perperēne, a place of Phrygia, where, as some suppose, Paris adjudged the prize of beauty to Venus. Strabo, bk. 5.
Perranthes, a hill of Epirus, near Ambracia. Livy, bk. 38, ch. 4.
Perrhæbia, a part of Thessaly situate on the borders of the Peneus, extending between the town of Atrax and the vale of Tempe. The inhabitants were driven from their possessions by the Lapithæ, and retired into Ætolia, where part of the country received the name of Perrhæbia. Propertius, bk. 2, poem 5, li. 33—Strabo, bk. 9.—Livy, bk. 33, ch. 34; bk. 39, ch. 34.
Persa, or Perseis, one of the Oceanides, mother of Æetes, Circe, and Pasiphae by Apollo. Hesiod, Theogony.—Apollodorus, bk. 3.
Persæ, the inhabitants of Persia. See: [Persia].
Persæus, a philosopher intimate with Antigonus, by whom he was appointed over the Acrocorinth. He flourished B.C. 274. Diogenes Laërtius, Zeno of Citium.
Persēe, a fountain near Mycenæ, in Peloponnesus. Pausanias, bk. 2, ch. 16.
Persēis, one of the Oceanides.——A patronymic of Hecate, as daughter of Perses. Ovid, Metamorphoses, bk. 7, li. 69.
Persĕphŏne, a daughter of Jupiter and Ceres, called also Proserpine. See: [Proserpina].——The mother of Amphion by Jasus.