Perseus (disambiguation)

Perseus may refer to:

Mythology

• Perseus, a mythological figure
• Perseus, a son of Nestor and Eurydice (or Anaxibia) who appears in the Odyssey

History

• Perseus (geometer), an ancient Greek mathematician
• Perseus of Macedon, the last King of Macedon

Astronomy

• Perseus (constellation), a constellation in the northern sky
• Perseus Arm, an arm of the Milky Way
• Perseus Cluster, galaxy cluster
• Perseus-Pisces Supercluster, galaxy cluster chain
• Perseus molecular cloud
• Perseids, a prolific meteor shower associated with the comet Swift-Tuttle

Ships

• HMS Perseus, any one of several ships of the Royal Navy
• USNS Perseus (T-AF-64), American stores ship
• USS Perseus (WPC-114), U.S. Coast Guard ship built by Bath Iron Works, delivered on April 23, 1932
• Perseus, Soviet arctic research ship (1922–1941)

Other

• Perseus Project, a digital library
• Perseus (munition), a 900kg (2,000lb) bomb made in Greece
• Perseus (spy), a Soviet spy at White Sands Missile Range
• Bristol Perseus, an aero engine
• Perseus, a GWR Iron Duke Class steam locomotive
• Perseus Books Group, a publishing company
• Operation Perseus, a British police operation
• UGM-89 Perseus, a canceled project for an American missile
• CVS401 Perseus, a supersonic cruise missile under development
• Perseus (single), Hitomi Shimatani song
• Perseus (Pantheon), a fictional character in Marvel Comics
• Perseus Clothing, a fictional shop in Grand Theft Auto IV
• Perseus Faversham, a character in the radio comedy The Penny Dreadfuls Present...
• Hero Perseus, was a special unit in the video game Age of Empires
• Perseus, code name for Dr. Howard Busgang in the TV Series Chuck
• Perseus Jackson, main protagonist of the children's book series Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan