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Perseus
[ pur-see-uhs, -syoos ]
noun
- Classical Mythology. a hero, the son of Zeus and Danaë, who slew the Gorgon Medusa, and afterward saved Andromeda from a sea monster.
- Astronomy. a northern constellation between Cassiopeia and Taurus, containing the variable star Algol.
Perseus
1/ ˈɜːɪə /
noun
- Greek myth a son of Zeus and Danaë, who with Athena's help slew the Gorgon Medusa and rescued Andromeda from a sea monster
Perseus
2/ ˈɜːɪə /
noun
- a conspicuous constellation in the N hemisphere lying between Auriga and Cassiopeia and crossed by the Milky Way. It contains the eclipsing binary, Algol, and a rich cluster of galaxies
Perseus
/ û′ŧ-ə /
- A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Andromeda and Auriga.
Perseus
- A hero of classical mythology who killed the Gorgon Medusa . The god Hermes and goddess Athena helped him in this brave deed by giving him winged shoes, a magical sword, and a polished shield. With the help of these, he swooped down on Medusa from the air, used the shield as a mirror, and cut off her head without looking at it directly — for anyone who looked at a Gorgon turned to stone.
Example Sentences
For an even better chance to see up to 100 meteors in an hour, you might want to get a stargazing app and find the Perseus constellation and look in that direction.
The shower, which is slated to peak over the weekend, is made visible as debris from the Swift-Tuttle comet burns up in the atmosphere, appearing near the constellation Perseus.
The Perseid meteors are visible all around the world and are so-called because they appear to originate from within the constellation Perseus.
The Perseids appear to radiate out from the northern constellation Perseus — hence the name.
Scattered references in Greek and Roman works by Hesiod, Apollodorus and Ovid described her death at the hands of the hero Perseus, but also hinted at a fuller life.
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