Pero

, or Perone , a daughter of Neleus king of Pylos by Chloris. Her beauty drew many admirers, but she married Bias son of A myth a on, because he had by the a istance of his brother Melampus [ See: Melampus ], and according to her father’s desire, recovered some oxen which Hercules had stolen away; and she became mother of Talaus. Homer , Ody ey , bk. 11 , li. 284 .— Pro pert i us , bk. 2 , poem 2, li. 17 .— Pausanias , bk. 4 , ch. 36 .――A daughter of Cimon, remarkable for her filial affection. When her father had been sent to prison, where his judges had condemned him to starve, she supported his life by giving him the milk of her breasts, as to her own child. Valerius Maximus , bk. 5 , ch. 4 .