Perseus meaning

pûr'sē-əs, -syo͝os'
The son of Danaë and Zeus and husband of Andromeda who killed the Gorgon Medusa.
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A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Andromeda and Auriga.
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The son of Zeus and Danae, and slayer of Medusa: he marries Andromeda after rescuing her from a sea monster.
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A N constellation between Andromeda and Auriga, containing the variable star Algol.
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A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Andromeda and Auriga.
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Origin of perseus

  • Latin from Greek
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Perseus Sentence Examples

  • The success of Rome in the war with Perseus was now assured.

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  • Like Perseus, he first applies to the Nymphs, who help him to learn where the garden is.

  • In return for help against King Perseus she acquired some new possessions, notably the great mart of Delos, which became an Athenian cleruchy (166).

  • Perseus defeated Crassus at Callinicus in Thessaly, but in 168 he was annihilated at Pydna by L.

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