Perilaus
(Περίλαος), a son of Icarius and Periboea, and a brother of Penelope. (Apollod. 3.10.6; Paus. 8.34.2.) There are three other mythical personages of the same name. (Paus. 2.20.6, 7.4.1; Quint. Smyrn. 8.294.) [L.S]
(Περίλαος).
1. A citizen of Megara, who espoused the party of Philip of Macedon, and according to Demosthenes, betrayed his country to that monarch, but was afterwards treated by him with neglect and contempt. (Dem. de Cor. pp. 242, 324, de F. L. p. 435.)
2. A Macedonian officer, who was one of the three deputies sent by Meleager and Arrhidaeus to treat with the party of Perdiccas and Leonnatus, during the dissensions at Babylon immediately after the death of Alexander (Curt. 10.8.15). He afterwards attached himself to Antigonus, by whom he was appointed, in B. C. 315, to command an army in the southern provinces of Asia Minor ; but was defeated and taken prisoner by Polycleitus, the general of Seleucus. (Diod. 19.64.)
3. A son of Antipater, and younger brother of Cassander, king of Macedonia, under whom he held various subordinate employments. (Plut. de Frat. Amor. 15, p. 486a.) [E.H.B]
(Περίλαος). The son of Icarius and brother of Penelopé (Pausan. viii. 34, 2).
- Hdt. 9.103
- son of Alcenor, victor at Nemean games: Paus. 2.20.7
- statue of P. slaying Othryadas, a Spartan: Paus. 2.20.7
- Paus. 7.4.1
- Apollod. 3.10.5
- accuses Orestes before Areopagus: Paus. 8.34.4
- destroys brazen chamber in which Danae was confined: Paus. 2.23.7