Dionysus did not kill Perseus.
The only reference to Perseus' death is a very obscure legend recounted by Hyginus.
Pseudo-Hyginus, Fabulae 244 (trans. Grant) (Roman mythographer C2nd A.D.) :
"Men who killed their relatives . . . Megapenthes, son of Proetus, killed Perseus, son of Jove [Zeus] and Danae on account of the death of his father."
Proetus had been King of Argo and was great-uncle of Perseus; Megapenthes was also a King of Argos.
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