Perseid

Definitions

1. Any member of the Perseidae.
2. A descendant of Perseus.
   Greek
3. An epithet of Alcmene (grand-daughter of Perseus).
4. Any of the meteors in a meteor shower that appears to come from the constellation Perseus.
5. An epithet of Hecate (daughter of Perses).
6. A poem by Trinacrius mentioned by Ovid in Epistulae ex Ponto (4.16.25).
7. An episode of Ovid's Metamorphoses devoted to Perseus.

Equivalents

3 more languages

LatinaPerseidesPerseis

NederlandsPerseïde

РусскийПерсеи́да

Examples

“Thus the Family of Pelops got the poſſeſſion of two Kingdoms, and became ſuperior in Wealth and Power to the Perſeids their Rivals.”

“[…] the Perseids, who reigned at Mycenæ […]”

“[…] Heracles, who traces his lineage back to the two great families in the Argolid, the Perseids and the Pelopids […]”

“The Perseid Alcmene, wife of Amphitryon of Tiryns, was Hercules's mother, Zeus his father […].”

“It was not confined to the Male Fury, but belonged also to Medea, the Perseid Hecate or Fury of Colchis, […]”

“Then to the shrine of Perseid Hecate,² / Concealed by forest shades, she boldly went, / Her passions on the wane. But when she there / Saw⟳ Aeson's son, her embers flamed anew!”

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