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follownoun	(sometimes attributive) In billiards and similar games, a stroke causing a ball to follow another ball after hitting it.
andromedanoun	(astronomy) The nearest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way, located within the Andromeda constellation (see Andromeda Galaxy); M31.
danaenoun	A female given name.
persenoun	A very dark (almost black) purple or blue-gray colour.
medusanoun	(Greek mythology) The youngest and only mortal of the three gorgon sisters, killed by Perseus.
persesnoun	a Titan in Greek mythology, son of Crius and Eurybia.
alcmenenoun	(Greek mythology) Descendant of Perseus and Andromeda, the wife of Amphitryon, and mother, by Zeus, of Heracles/Hercules.
danaënoun	Alternative form of Danae. [(Greek mythology) The mother of Perseus by Zeus.]
theseusnoun	A legendary Ancient Greek hero most famous for defeating the minotaur in the labyrinth of Crete.
zagreusnoun	(Greek mythology) An obscure figure in Greek mythology who, according to Orphic tradition, was the son of Zeus and Persephone who was destroyed by the Titans but reborn through the intervention of Zeus as Dionysus.
myrmidonnoun	A soldier or a subordinate civil officer who executes orders of a superior without protest or pity (sometimes applied to bailiffs, constables, etc).
chrysaornoun	(Greek mythology) A son of Poseidon and Medusa and brother of the winged horse Pegasus, often depicted as a young man, who sprang along with Pegasus from the blood of the decapitated Medusa.
alcmenanoun	Alternative form of Alcmene. [(Greek mythology) Descendant of Perseus and Andromeda, the wife of Amphitryon, and mother, by Zeus, of Heracles/Hercules.]
cepheusnoun	(astronomy) A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, located between Draco and Cassiopeia and representing the king Cepheus from Greek myth. It contains the star Alderamin.
heraclesnoun	(Greek mythology): Son of Zeus and Alcmene, a celebrated hero who possessed exceptional strength. Most famous for his 12 labours performed to redeem himself after killing his family.
gorgoneionnoun	A (representation of a) gorgon's head, especially that of Medusa.
orionnoun	(astronomy) A constellation on the celestial equator close to Gemini and Taurus, containing the stars Betelgeuse and Rigel.
andromachenoun	(Greek mythology) the wife of Hector
herculesnoun	(Roman mythology) The Roman name for the Greek divine hero Heracles, who was the son of Jupiter and Alcmene, a celebrated hero who possessed exceptional strength. Most famous for his twelve labours performed to redeem himself after killing his family.
pegasusnoun	(Greek mythology) A winged horse fabled to have sprung from the blood of Medusa when she was slain. He is noted for causing, with a blow of his hoof, Hippocrene, the inspiring fountain of the Muses, to spring from Mount Helicon. Bellerophon tamed and rode upon Pegasus when he defeated the Chimaera.