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{{Short description|Name of characters from Greek mythology}}
In [[Greek mythology]], '''Perileos''' ({{IPAc-en|p|ə|ˈ|r|ɪ|l|i|ɒ|s}}; [[Ancient Greek]]: Περίλεως) or '''Perilaus''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|p|ɛ|r|ᵻ|ˈ|l|eɪ|ə|s}}; Περίλᾱος) is a name that may refer to:

*Perileos, is the [[Sparta|Spartan]] son of [[Icarius of Sparta|Icarius]] and the [[naiad]] [[Periboea]], he was the brother of [[Penelope]], [[Thoas (mythology)|Thoas]], [[Damasippus]], [[Imeusimus]], [[Aletes (mythology)|Aletes]]<ref name=":0">[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], 3.10.6</ref> and probably [[Iphthime]]. In one account, he was called Perilaos and his mother was named [[Asterodia]], daughter of [[Eurypylus]]; and brother of [[Damasiclus|Amasichus]], [[Phalerus|Phalereus]], [[Thoon (mythology)|Thoon]], [[Pheremmelias]], Penelope and [[Laodamia]] (also called [[Meda (mythology)|Mede]] or [[Hypsipyle]] - the alternate names of Iphthime).<ref>[[Scholia]] ad [[Homer]], ''[[Odyssey]]'' [https://archive.org/details/scholiagraecain07dindgoog/page/236/mode/1up?view=theater 4.797]</ref>
*Perileos accused [[Orestes]] of the murder of his cousin [[Clytemnestra]].<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], 8.34.4</ref>
*Perileos, son of [[Ancaeus (son of Poseidon)|Ancaeus]] of [[Samos Island|Samos]] and [[Samia (daughter of Maeander)|Samia]], daughter of the river god [[Maeander]]. His siblings were Enoudus, Samus, Alitherses and Parthenope (mother of [[Lycomedes]] by [[Apollo]]).<ref>Pausanias, 7.4.1</ref>
*Perileos, a defender of [[Troy]] killed by [[Neoptolemus]].<ref>[[Quintus Smyrnaeus]], 8.293</ref>
*Perilaus, alleged inventor of the [[brazen bull]].

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== References ==

* [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
* [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'' with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. {{ISBN|0-674-99328-4}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
* Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.  [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Quintus Smyrnaeus]], ''[[Posthomerica|The Fall of Troy]]'' translated by Way. A. S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 19. London: William Heinemann, 1913. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/QuintusSmyrnaeus1.html Online version at theio.com]
* Quintus Smyrnaeus, ''The Fall of Troy''. Arthur S. Way. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1913. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0490 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].

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