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Perseus
also: Persei
The hero son of Jupiter and Danae who slew Medusa and rescued Andromeda; catasterized as the constellation Perseus, shown striding through heaven near Andromeda and Cassiepeia.
Reading notes
- Aratea (Translation of Aratus' Phaenomena) §Perseus you will see Perseus, son of mighty Jupiter
Perseus, son of Jupiter and Danae, slayer of Medusa and rescuer of Andromeda; his constellation is shown striding across the sky, reaching toward Cassiepeia, near the Pleiades.