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Definition of Perseus

Perseus
Perseus Per"se*us, n. [L., from Gr. ?.] 1. (Class. Myth.) A Grecian legendary hero, son of Jupiter and Dana["e], who slew the Gorgon Medusa. 2. (Astron.) A consellation of the northern hemisphere, near Taurus and Cassiopea. It contains a star cluster visible to the naked eye as a nebula.

Meaning of Perseus from wikipedia

- other symbols. In Gr**** mythology, ****us (US: /ˈpɜːr.si.əs/, UK: /ˈpɜː.sjuːs/; Gr****: Περσεύς, translit. ****ús) is the legendary founder of the ****id...
- bound to the rock, ****us falls in love with her, and he secures Cepheus' promise of her hand in marriage if he can save her. ****us kills the monster...
- ****us, persus, Περσέας, or Περσεύς in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ****us is a figure in Gr**** mythology. ****us may also refer to: ****us (geometer)...
- of ****us beheading Medusa, a hideous woman-faced Gorgon whose hair had been turned to snakes; anyone who looked at her was turned to stone. ****us stands...
- ****us is a constellation in the northern sky, named after the Gr**** mythological hero ****us. It is one of the 48 ancient constellations listed by...
- The ****us Digital Library, formerly known as the ****us Project, is a free-access digital library founded by Gregory Crane in 1987 and hosted by the...
- hair explicit, saying that ****us' Gorgon head "shimmered with hair made of serpents", and that the Gorgons chasing ****us also had "horrible snaky hair"...
- Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ****us, after the Gr**** hero ****us: HMS ****us (1776) was a 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1776; she...
- Gr**** mythology the ****ides, "those born of ****us" and Andromeda, are the members of the House of ****us, descended, according to Valerius Flaccus through...
- Unveiled in 2011 at the Salon du Bourget in Paris, ****us or CVS401 ****us (named after the Gr**** hero ****us) was a concept study undertaken by MBDA for...