How Does Perseus Save Andromeda

After reaching the island, the time has come for him to reach his ultimate boon, to kill Medusa. With the help of Athena Perseus “cuts through her neck and… seized the head.” (Hamilton 204). With that one slice, Perseus is now known as a hero, and can even rescue his mother. The head also allows Perseus to get revenge on Polydectes, and bring Dictys to

In the beginning of the myth, Perseus’ grandfather, King Acrisius, was told by a priestess that his daughter would have a son and that her son would kill him. So Acrisius goes out of his way to rid himself of his daughter. He locks her in a castle in hopes that she won’t come across other people and become pregnant. Once he finds out that his daughter does have a son, Perseus, he locks them

Perseus’s story begins on an island ruled by a ruthless king named Polydectes. Dictys, the king’s brother, stumbles upon a young Perseus and the boy’s mother Danaë inside a great box along the shore. Dictys shelters the two and raises Perseus to be a peaceful, ordinary fisherman. Polydectes, however, wants the young boy deceased so Danaë would consider becoming queen. Perseus soon gains the call to adventure after Polydectes informs him of a killable gorgon. The king knows that no mere mortal can defeat even Medusa. Polydectes eventually coaxes Perseus into retrieving the head of Medusa as a present and thus the king’s plan falls into motion.

King Acrisius was king of Argos. He had an amazingly beautiful daughter, but he wished deeply for a son, so he prayed to the gods for them to give him a son. Apollo,the god of culture and prophecy, told him that he will never have a son in all his days and that the son of his daughter will slay him. Acrisius thinks of just killing his daughter,Danae, to prevent his prophecy, but fears of the punishment he will receive from the gods for this act, so he instead locks his daughter in an entirely bronze house and guards it closely. What he did not expect is for the king of the gods Zeus to come directly to his daughter and impregnate her. From this comes a son named Perseus. When Acrisius learns of his daughter's offspring, he puts both Perseus and Danae in a trunk and sets it off into the ocean. By luck or by the will of Zeus Perseus and Danae wash up onto a small island, where a kind hearted fisherman named Dictys takes in the two strangers. They live contently with Dictys until Dictys' brother, King Polydectes, fell in love with Danae. He decides to construe a plot to get rid of her son,Perseus, so that he can have her. The plan he comes is to convince Perseus to go and slay the woman-beast Medusa. He thinks this feat impossible by a mortal man, because any man who lays eyes upon her turns to stone. To aid him on his quest Hermes gives him a sword stronger than that of Medusa's scale. He also told him he would need equipment from the nymphs of the north, who's location was unknown by all except the Gray Women who are ray and live in gray.The three sisters share one eye between them all and

Perseus had no idea where to find Medusa, so he asked the gods for help. Athena gave him her polished

Odysseus ends up in Phaeacia and forms relationships that he probably should not be forming while his wife is back at home waiting for him. After finally escaping from Calypso’s grasp and surviving Poseidon's rage, Odysseus washes up on the phaeacians land. Odysseus goes out to socialize with the girls walking around town, while naked and covered in filth and goes up to Nausicaa. He proceeds to tell her that she is the most beautiful person his eyes have ever landed on and that whenever he looks at her, a sense of wonder strikes him (6.148-177).

They get married but the

In the myth, Cassiopeia, Andromeda's mother, was extremely proud of Andromeda's beauty. Cassiopeia was so vain and proud that she pronounced her daughter more beautiful than the Nereids. The Nereids were sea nymphs who were known for their beauty. They were not happy with Cassiopeia's remark, and asked Poseidon to punish her. As Cassiopeia was the Queen of Ethiopia at the time, Poseidon sent a sea monster to attack her country.

Although her life with Odysseus is halted when she gets a visit from Hermes, telling her she must let him go. She tells Odysseus, “‘Son of Laertes, versatile Odysseus, after these years with me, you still desire your old home? Even so, I wish you well. If you could see it all, before you go- all the adversity you face at sea- you would stay here, and guard this house, be immortal – though you wanted her forever, that bride whom you pine each day. Can I be less desirable than she is?

I follow him from above watching his journey across the deep, dark and dangerous sea. I watch as Poseidon releases a storm over the wine dark sea that he rules. He does not approve of the other god's decision to let Odysseus go home. Poseidon watches as his storm rips apart Odysseus’ small raft and I watch in horror as he is whisked into the sea. I stare in awe as a sea nymph saves the great Odysseus with a powerful veil and he washes ashore only to be saved by another women. A beautiful, women from the palace. I see this other women, and in fury I leave because I know he no longer will remember our great times on my island, but he will now create new memories as quick as the fastest man can run and Odysseus will soon forget me, the nymph with lovely braids,

Odysseus comes to learn that after being presumed dead, his son who is now a man, goes and searches for him. Telemachus returns home and finds that his father is alive and well. Telemachus is overwhelmed with curiosity, but falls happily into his father’s arms. The Goddess Athena who had protected him through all his path and trials, appeared to him and asked him what troubled him so. Odysseus’s main concern was to know if his wife Penelope had stayed true to him after his long and extended

She lets him take a room in their palace until it was safe for him to get back to Penelope and Ithaca. She felt sorry for Odysseus cold, alone, and offered him a stay. When he was able to get out and travel back home is loyalty that his wife has left for him was unreal. She waited to pick a suitor and kept holding off on choosing because she was still holding onto the grudge of him coming home. Not so soon after did she realize that he was already home

They all became really good friends, starting misbehaving and doing bad things when they were suppose to be sitting in the room. At the end of the movie they were closer than before, really good friends, and some how most of them ended up as boyfriend and girlfriend, But this shows how people can judge a book by its cover, and not apperticate the person who they truly

Perseus used Medusa's head to petrify enemies and even saved a stunning woman named Andromeda on his journey back. During this journey, they stopped at Larissa where Perseus joined a game of discus in which the disk Perseus threw, flew and hit a man in the head killing him. This man was Acrisius, proving the Oracle right. After his father's funeral, Perseus continued on and later received blessing from Andromeda's father, King Cepheus of Phoenicia, to marry her and together they rode on Pegasus back to Seriphos.Once Perseus and Andromeda reached Seriphos, Dictys greeted them. He told Perseus of how Polydectes has made Danae his hand maiden upon refusal to marriage. Infuriated by the mistreat of his mother, he had Dictys take care of Andromeda while he sought revenge. He stormed through the castle halls and slammed through the great hall in which the king and his courtiers were having a feast. Perseus swept the now silent room with his eyes in search for his mother. When he saw her standing behind the king, he walked up among all the shocked people that quickly made way for him. When he stood below Polydectes, he told his mother to move away. Perseus drew the wretched head from the satchel with Medusa's face towards the king's

He was sent on that quest by Polydectes, the king of Seriphos which he called home, to be separated from his mother. The king hoped that Perseus would be killed, if he had failed to bring him the head of Medusa he would take possession of the mother. Perseus was guided by the goddess Athena and god Hermes, with their help he defeated Medusa (Hamilton, 199). As he was requested by the king he took her head to show his accomplishment of the task. On his way back he came across a woman in trouble, Andromeda.