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What does Perseus mean?

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Proper noun
  1. (Greek) The mythological Greek warrior who slew the Gorgon Medusa by decapitating her. He married Andromeda after rescuing her from Ceto and founded Mycenae. He was the son of Zeus and Danae.
  2. (astronomy) An autumn constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble the mythical hero. It includes the stars Algenib and Algol.
  3. The last Antigonid king of Macedonia, Perseus of Macedon.
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Previous Chandra observations of the Perseus cluster showed two vast, bubble-shaped cavities in the cluster gas extending away from the central black hole.
In fact, the stick seemed to be alive in his hand, and to lend some of its life to Perseus.
She wants none of him, and dreams that some day her prince will come, only to get a shock when Perseus appears and proves to be a wally.
Now: every man should decapitate this Medusa with the Flaming Sword of Perseus.
Because the meteors from the sign Perseus seems to come we call the swarm Perseiden.
Mother and son are cast adrift but rescued by Jupiter and, after Perseus has completed his tasks, he kills Acrisius by accident.

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