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Webster 1913 Edition
Perseus
Per′se-us
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Noun.
[L., from Gr.
Περσεύς
.] 1.
(Class. Myth.)
A Grecian legendary hero, son of Jupiter and Danaë, 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.