Perseus

E23577

Greek mythological hero demigod

Perseus is a legendary Greek hero famed for slaying the Gorgon Medusa and rescuing Andromeda.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Perseus canonical	77
Perseus with the Head of Medusa	4
Persée	4
Perseus (mythology)	1
Perseus and his descendants	1
Perseus and the Gorgon	1
Perseus cycle	1
Perseus from Greek mythology	1
Perseus showing him the head of Medusa	1
PerseusInMidAir	1
Περσεύς	1

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek mythological hero ⓘ demigod ⓘ
accidentallyKilled	Acrisius ⓘ
aidedBy	Athena ⓘ Graeae ⓘ Hades ⓘ Hermes ⓘ
associatedPlace	Argos ⓘ Mycenae and Tiryns ⓘ surface form: Mycenae Astypalaia ⓘ surface form: Seriphos
castIntoSeaBy	Acrisius ⓘ
castIntoSeaWith	Danaë ⓘ
child	Alcaeus ⓘ Autochthe ⓘ Electryon ⓘ Gorgophone ⓘ Heleus ⓘ Perses ⓘ Sthenelus ⓘ
constellation	Perseus constellation ⓘ
culture	Greek mythology ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greek mythology
enemy	Gorgons ⓘ
father	Zeus ⓘ
founded	Mycenae and Tiryns ⓘ surface form: Mycenae
gender	male ⓘ
grandfather	Acrisius ⓘ
grandmother	Eurydice I ⓘ surface form: Eurydice
killed	Medusa ⓘ sea monster Cetus ⓘ
languageOfName	Ancient Greek ⓘ
modeOfKillingAcrisius	discus throw ⓘ
mother	Danaë ⓘ
mythCycle	Perseus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Perseus cycle
nameInGreek	Perseus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Περσεύς
notableFor	founding Mycenae ⓘ rescuing Andromeda ⓘ slaying Medusa ⓘ
opponent	Polydectes ⓘ
parent	Danaë ⓘ Zeus ⓘ
prophecyInvolved	killing his grandfather Acrisius ⓘ
representedIn	Greek vase painting ⓘ Renaissance ⓘ surface form: Renaissance art classical sculpture ⓘ
rescued	Andromeda ⓘ
rescuedBy	Dictys ⓘ
spouse	Andromeda ⓘ
symbol	Medusa's head ⓘ sword ⓘ winged sandals ⓘ
tookHeadOf	Medusa ⓘ
turnedToStone	Polydectes ⓘ
usedHeadOfMedusaTo	petrify enemies ⓘ
usedObject	Hades’s helm of invisibility ⓘ surface form: Hades' helm of invisibility kibisis (magic bag) ⓘ polished shield of Athena ⓘ winged sandals of Hermes ⓘ
usedWeapon	harpe sword ⓘ

Referenced by (93)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zeus → child → Perseus ⓘ

Ancient Greek religion → hasMythologicalFigure → Perseus ⓘ

Apollodorus' Bibliotheca → covers → Perseus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Perseus and his descendants

Atlas → transformationCause → Perseus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Perseus showing him the head of Medusa

Jean-Baptiste Lully → notableWork → Perseus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Persée

Alcmene → grandfather → Perseus ⓘ

Perseus → mythCycle → Perseus self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Perseus cycle

Perseus → nameInGreek → Perseus self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Περσεύς

Antonio Canova → notableWork → Perseus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Perseus with the Head of Medusa

Echidna → associatedWithHero → Perseus ⓘ

Greco-Roman mythology → hasHero → Perseus ⓘ

Canova → notableWork → Perseus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Perseus with the Head of Medusa

Perseus OB2 association → locatedInConstellation → Perseus ⓘ

Double Cluster → locatedInConstellation → Perseus ⓘ

Greek mythology → hasHero → Perseus ⓘ

Heroic Age → associatedWith → Perseus ⓘ

Amphitryon → grandfather → Perseus ⓘ

Eurystheus → grandfather → Perseus ⓘ

GreekMonsters → notableOpponents → Perseus ⓘ

Hades’s helm of invisibility → usedBy → Perseus ⓘ

NGC 1499 (California Nebula) → locatedInConstellation → Perseus ⓘ

subject surface form: NGC 1499

Zeus and Hera → parent → Perseus ⓘ

subject surface form: Zeus

Electryon → father → Perseus ⓘ

Gorgophone → father → Perseus ⓘ

Giovanni Battista Lulli → notableWork → Perseus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Persée

House of Perseus → namedAfter → Perseus ⓘ

House of Perseus → hasProgenitor → Perseus ⓘ

House of Perseus → hasMember → Perseus ⓘ

House of Perseus → foundedBy → Perseus ⓘ

House of Perseus → hasNotableHero → Perseus ⓘ

Piazza della Signoria → hasSculpture → Perseus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Perseus with the Head of Medusa

Philippe Quinault → notableWork → Perseus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Persée

Philippe Quinault → wroteLibrettoFor → Perseus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Persée

IAU 88 modern constellations list → includes → Perseus ⓘ

Perseus–Pisces Supercluster → crossesConstellation → Perseus ⓘ

Chrysaor → relatedTo → Perseus ⓘ

rescuing Andromeda → hasHero → Perseus ⓘ

subject surface form: Rescuing Andromeda

rescuing Andromeda → featuresCharacter → Perseus ⓘ

subject surface form: Rescuing Andromeda

rescuing Andromeda → hasIconography → Perseus ⓘ

subject surface form: Rescuing Andromeda

this entity surface form: PerseusInMidAir

Autochthe → father → Perseus ⓘ

harpe sword → associatedWithHero → Perseus ⓘ

harpe sword → wieldedBy → Perseus ⓘ

harpe sword → notableBearer → Perseus ⓘ

winged sandals of Hermes → usedBy → Perseus ⓘ

winged sandals of Hermes → loanedTo → Perseus ⓘ

kibisis (magic bag) → usedBy → Perseus ⓘ

subject surface form: kibisis

kibisis (magic bag) → associatedWith → Perseus ⓘ

subject surface form: kibisis

kibisis (magic bag) → carriedBy → Perseus ⓘ

subject surface form: kibisis

kibisis (magic bag) → partOfHeroicEquipmentSetOf → Perseus ⓘ

subject surface form: kibisis

sea monster Cetus → associatedWith → Perseus ⓘ

subject surface form: Cetus