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A Grecian legendary hero, son of Jupiter and Danae, who slew the Gorgon Medusa.

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  1. n. A Grecian legendary hero, son of Jupiter and Danae, who slew the Gorgon Medusa.
  2. n. A consellation of the northern hemisphere, near Taurus and Cassiopea. It contains a star cluster visible to the naked eye as a nebula.
  3. 1. (Class. Myth.) A class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/grecian">Grecian legendary hero, son of Jupiter and Danaë, who slew the Gorgon Medusa. 2. (Astron.) A consellation of the northern hemisphere, near Taurus and Cassiopea. It contains a star cluster visible to the naked eye as a nebula.
  4. A Grecian legendary hero, son of Jupiter and Danaë, who slewthe Gorgon Medusa.
  5. n. (Greek mythology) the son of Zeus who slew Medusa (with the help of Athena and Hermes) and rescued Andromeda from a sea monster n. a conspicuous constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Auriga and Cassiopeia and crossed by the Milky Way