Perseus definition

pûrsē-əs, -syo͝os
A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Andromeda and Auriga.
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(gr. myth., person, proper) The son of Zeus and Danae, and slayer of Medusa: he marries Andromeda after rescuing her from a sea monster.
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(place, proper) 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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(greek mythology) The son of Danaë and Zeus and husband of Andromeda who killed the Gorgon Medusa.
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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.

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

  • Although the Hyperborean legends are mainly connected with Delphi and Delos, traces of them are found in Argos (the stories of Heracles, Perseus, Io), Attica, Macedonia, Thrace, Sicily and Italy (which Niebuhr indeed considers their original home).

  • As allies of Perseus and of Mithradates the Great, and lastly on their own account, they had hostile relations with the Romans who in the time of Augustus defeated them, and made a peace, which was disturbed by a series of incursions.

  • In Argolis Proetus built Tiryns, but later, under Perseus, Mycenae took the lead until the Achaean conquest.

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