Perseid (archaically spelt Perseide) may refer to: * Any meteor of the

Perseids The Perseids are a prolific meteor shower associated with the comet Swift–Tuttle that are usually visible from mid-July to late-August. The meteoroid, meteors are called the Perseids because they appear from the general direction of the const ...

* Any member of the

Perseids (mythology) In Greek mythology, the Perseids ( Perseid; , , ), also called the Perseid dynasty, the Perseid line, or the House of Perseus, are the descendants of Perseus and Andromeda (mythology), Andromeda. After the Greek Dark Ages, tradition recalled tha ...

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 ...

, a figure in Greek mythology *

Hecate Hecate ( ; ) is a goddess in ancient Greek religion and mythology, most often shown holding a pair of torches, a key, or snakes, or accompanied by dogs, and in later periods depicted as three-formed or triple-bodied. She is variously associat ...

, daughter of Perses (son of Crius) * The ''Perseid'', a poem by Trinacrius mentioned in Ovid's ''

Epistulae ex Ponto ''Epistulae ex Ponto'' (''Letters from the Black Sea'') is a work of Ovid, in four books. It is a collection of letters describing Ovid's exile in Tomis (modern-day Constanța) written in elegiac couplets and addressed to his wife and friends. The ...

'' (4, 16, 25) * The ''Perseid'', an episode of Ovid's ''

Metamorphoses The ''Metamorphoses'' (, , ) is a Latin Narrative poetry, narrative poem from 8 Common Era, CE by the Ancient Rome, Roman poet Ovid. It is considered his ''Masterpiece, magnum opus''. The poem chronicles the history of the world from its Cre ...

'' devoted to Perseus

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