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Persa (play) ''Persa'' ("The Persian") is a comedic Latin play by the early Roman playwright Titus Maccius Plautus. Unusually in this play, the lover is not a wealthy young man helped by a cunning slave, but the cunning slave himself. In order to repay the m ...

, a comedy by the Roman playwright Plautus *

Perse (mythology) In Greek mythology, Perse () is one of the 3,000 Oceanids, water-nymph daughters of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys. Her name was also spelled as Persa, Perseide, Persea or Perseis (, '). Perse married Helios, the god of the sun, and bore him ...

(also Persa or Perseis), an Oceanid and consort of Helios in Greek mythology *

The Perse School The Perse School is a Private schools in the United Kingdom, private school (English Private schools in the United Kingdom, fee-charging Day school, day and, in the case of the Perse, a former boarding school) in Cambridge, England. Founded i ...

, an independent co-educational school in Cambridge, England *

Stephen Perse Foundation The Stephen Perse Foundation is a family of private schools in Cambridge and Saffron Walden for students aged 1 to 18. The Foundation is made up of: - 3 nurseries (2 in Cambridge and 1 in Saffron Walden, Essex) for ages 1–5. - 2 Junior S ...

, a family of independent schools in Cambridge and Saffron Walden, England * Stephen Perse, the founder of The Perse School *

Saint-John Perse Alexis Leger (; 31 May 1887 – 20 September 1975), better known by his pseudonym Saint-John Perse (; also Saint-Leger Leger), was a French poet, writer and diplomat, awarded the 1960 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the soaring flight and the ev ...

, a French diplomat and poet *

Broderie perse Broderie perse (French for "Persian embroidery") is a style of appliqué which uses printed motifs from one fabric to create a design on a background fabric. It was popular in the late 18th century and early 19th centuries. The technique could be ...

, a sewing technique * ''Perse'', a genus of fossil snails in the family

Fasciolariidae Fasciolariidae is a family of small to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Buccinoidea. Species in Fasciolariidae are commonly known as tulip snails and spindle snails. The family Fasciolariidae most likely appeared ...

* '' Virachola perse'', a species of butterfly * A river and a waterfall in

Koknese Koknese () is a town in Aizkraukle Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia, on the right bank of the Daugava River. It has a population of nearly 3,000. According to the provisions of the 2021 Latvian administrative reform, Koknese gained ...

manor park, Aizkraukle district, Latvia *

Pērse The Pērse is a right tributary to the river Daugava in Latvia, flowing through Ērgļi Municipality, Ērgļi, Pļaviņas Municipality, Pļaviņas and Koknese Municipality, Koknese municipalities. The river crosses roads A6 road (Latvia), A6, P79 ...

, a tributary to Daugava River * Perse Ende, Indonesian football club * Finnish profanity § ''perse''

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