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In Greek mythology, Perseus (US: / ˈpɜːr.si.əs /, UK: / ˈpɜː.sjuːs /; Greek: Περσεύς, translit. Perseús) is the legendary founder of the Perseid dynasty. He was, alongside Cadmus and Bellerophon, the greatest Greek hero and slayer of monsters before the days of Heracles. [ 1 ]
Perseus (Greek: Περσεύς, romanized: Perséus; c. 212 – 166 BC) was king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon [1] [2] from 179 until 168 BC. He is widely regarded as the last king of Macedonia and the last ruler from the Antigonid Dynasty, as his defeat by Rome at the Battle of Pydna during the Third Macedonian War effectively ended Macedonia as an independent political entity.
www.perseus.tufts.edu /hopper. The Perseus Digital Library, formerly known as the Perseus Project, is a free-access digital library founded by Gregory Crane in 1987 and hosted by the Department of Classical Studies of Tufts University. One of the pioneers of digital libraries, its self-proclaimed mission is to make the full record of humanity ...
Perseus is a constellation in the northern sky, named after the Greek mythological hero Perseus. It is one of the 48 ancient constellations listed by the 2nd-century astronomer Ptolemy, [ 1 ] and among the 88 modern constellations defined by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). [ 2 ] It is located near several other constellations named ...
Perseus (Russian: Персей, romanized: Persey) was the code name of a hypothetical Soviet atomic spy that, if real, would have allegedly breached United States national security by infiltrating Los Alamos National Laboratory during the development of the Manhattan Project, and consequently, would have been instrumental for the Soviets in the development of nuclear weapons.
Abell 426, [1] NGC 1275 Cluster, [1] LGG 88. The Perseus cluster (Abell 426) is a cluster of galaxies in the constellation Perseus. It has a recession speed of 5,366 km/ s and a diameter of 863 ′. [1] It is one of the most massive objects in the known universe, containing thousands of galaxies immersed in a vast cloud of multimillion-degree gas.
Perseus with the Head of Medusais a bronzesculpturemade by Benvenuto Celliniin the period 1545–1554. The sculpture stands on a square base which has bronze reliefpanels depicting the story of Perseusand Andromeda, similar to a predellaon an altarpiece.[1] It is located in the Loggia dei Lanziin the Piazza della Signoriain Florence, Italy.
The Perseus Arm is one of two major spiral arms of the Milky Way galaxy. The second major arm is called the Scutum–Centaurus Arm. The Perseus Arm begins from the distal end of the long Milky Way central bar. [ 1 ] Previously thought to be 13,000 light-years away, it is now thought to lie 6,400 light years from the Solar System.