Perseus

American  

[pur-see-uhs, -syoos] / ˈpɜr si əs, -syus /

noun

genitive

Persei

1. Classical Mythology. a hero, the son of Zeus and Danaë, who slew the Gorgon Medusa, and afterward saved Andromeda from a sea monster.

2. Astronomy. a northern constellation between Cassiopeia and Taurus, containing the variable star Algol.

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Perseus ¹ British  

/ ˈpɜːsɪəs /

noun

1. Greek myth a son of Zeus and Danaë, who with Athena's help slew the Gorgon Medusa and rescued Andromeda from a sea monster

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Perseus ² British  

/ ˈpɜːsɪəs /

noun

1. 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

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Perseus Scientific  

/ pûr′sē-əs /

1. A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Andromeda and Auriga.

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Perseus Cultural  

1. 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.

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Example Sentences

The Crab Pulsar sits at the center of the Crab Nebula in the Perseus Arm of the Milky Way, about 6,500 light-years from Earth.

From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2026

High resolution images from Hubble revealed four closely packed globular clusters inside the Perseus galaxy cluster, located 300 million light-years from Earth.

From Science Daily • Feb. 21, 2026

Jones said Perseus isn’t considering changing its dividend policy “in any way, shape or form.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

In its bid for Predictive, Perseus argued the acquisition would have improved the quality of its portfolio and could have significantly boosted earnings, cash flow and production.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Polydectes evidently talked to Perseus about them; he probably told him that he would rather have the head of one of them than anything else in the world.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton