Pero

The only daughter of Neleus of Pylos and Chloris, and sister of Nestor. Her hand was the prize of the famous cattle-raid contest: Neleus demanded the herd of Phylacus, and her suitor Bias gained her only through his brother Melampus, who suffered a year of imprisonment to win the cattle. Named in the prose of greek_neleus as his sole daughter, sought as bride by many wooers.

Parentage

• parent: Neleus
• parent: Chloris

Relations

• sibling: NestorSister of Nestor; both children of Neleus and Chloris.Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1.9.9 (primary)
• spouse: Bias (king of Argos, brother of the seer Melampus, husband of Pero) · GreekWon as wife by Bias once Melampus secured the cattle of Phylacus as her bride-price.Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1.9.12 (primary)

Sources

• existence: Homer, Odyssey 11.281-297, 15.225-238 (primary); Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1.9.9, 1.9.12 (primary); Gantz, Early Greek Myth (1993), pp. 184-186 (secondary)