Pero

In Greek mythology, Pero (/ˈpɪroʊ, ˈpiːroʊ/; Ancient Greek: Πηρώ) may refer to the following women:

Pero, consort of Poseidon who became the mother of Asopus, according to Acusilaus.[1] She may be the same with Celusa, possible mother of Asopus by the same god.[2]
Pero, the beautiful daughter of Neleus.[3]
Pero, also known as Xanthippe, daughter of Myconus.[4]

Notes

Apollodorus, 3.12.6
Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 2.12.4
Apollodorus, 1.9.11-12

Valerius Maximus, 5. 4. ext.1

Odyssey Book XI:

"Next I saw lovely Chloris, whom Neleus
married because she was so beautiful,
after he'd given countless courtship gifts.
She was the youngest child of Amphion,
son of Iasus, once the mighty king
of Minyan Orchomenus.  As queen in Pylos,
she bore her husband splendid children—
Nestor, Chromius, noble Periclymenus,
and lovely Pero, a mortal wonder, 
so much so that all the neighbouring men
sought her hand in marriage.  But Neleus
wouldn't give her to anyone except the man
who drove great Iphicles' cattle herd 
from Phylace—broad-faced beasts with spiral horns,
and hard to manage.  A trusty prophet
was the only one who promised he would try,
but a painful fate determined by the gods
ensnared him—those savage cattle herders
imprisoned him in cruel bondage.     

References

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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

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