perseid
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1PERSEID + NOUN
alcmene, dynasty, fury, meteor, meteors, myk, shower, wife
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noun
A descendant of Perseus.
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 […]
adj
Of or relating to the Perseids.
The deſcendants and partiſans of the great Hercules, the moſt illuſtrious hero of the Perſeid line, were diveſted of their poſſeſſions, and driven into baniſhment.
[…] the Perseid line […]
name
An epithet of Alcmene (grand-daughter of Perseus).
The Perseid Alcmene, wife of Amphitryon of Tiryns, was Hercules's mother, Zeus his father […].
A poem by Trinacrius mentioned by Ovid in Epistulae ex Ponto (4.16.25).
An episode of Ovid's Metamorphoses devoted to Perseus.
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6Thus the Family of Pelops got the poſſeſſion of two Kingdoms, and became ſuperior in Wealth and Power to the Perſeids their Rivals.
Wiktionary[…] the Perseids, who reigned at Mycenæ […]
Wiktionary[…] Heracles, who traces his lineage back to the two great families in the Argolid, the Perseids and the Pelopids […]
WiktionaryThe deſcendants and partiſans of the great Hercules, the moſt illuſtrious hero of the Perſeid line, were diveſted of their poſſeſſions, and driven into baniſhment.
Wiktionary[…] the Perseid line […]
WiktionaryWe here reach the commencement of the Perseid dynasty of Mykênæ.
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