Neoclassical Perseus Cameo Brooch white gold Stone: Old Mine & Rose

Stone: Old Mine & Rose Cut Diamonds

Condition: New

Dating from the latter half of the 19th century

English circa 1910

Neoclassical Perseus Cameo Brooch white gold Stone: Old Mine & RosePerseus was Greeces undisputed hero numero uno of the pre Heraclean age. And incidentally (or perhaps not), he was both half brother and great grandfather of Heracles himself. Perseus was a demi god, son of Zeus and the mortal Dana, and his exploits are literally legendary from slaying the Gorgon Medusa to the rescue of Andromeda from Poseidons vengeance incarnate, the sea monster Cetus. The ancient Greeks thought Perseus was an authentic historical