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The most famous story from the hero Perseus would be the quarrel with the Gorgon Medusa. Perseus the son of Zeus and Danaë, was tricked into promising to obtain the head of the only mortal Gorgon Medusa. After acquiring various items including a shield - given to him by Athena - and curved sword he beheaded the Gorgon in her sleep using the reflection of his shield to view her without becoming petrified. Perseus then returned to Seriphus and turned his trickster Polydectes along with his supporters to stone. After, he left for the funeral games where he threw a discus and it hit an elderly man named Acrisius which killed him fulfilling Perseus' prophesy. Perseus then consequently left Argos and was then credited

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

In the beginning of Perseus’ existence, he had already faced a problematic dilemma. According to the legend, Acrisius abandoned his daughter and grandson by locking them in a chest and throwing them out to sea, in regards to a prophecy he heard (Perseus). This demonstrated that the responsibility and care for Danaë was unforeseeable, and he only minded about his own. If Acrisius had to sacrifice his daughter and grandson, he would do it in order to protect himself. They eventually arrived on a faraway island. The king, Polydectes, fell in love with Danaë, but in order for him to have Danaë all to himself, he must get rid of Perseus. Polydectes hosted a banquet and invited Perseus. When each guest presented their opulent present, Perseus felt ashamed, being the only one without a gift. Then, Perseus did exactly what the king had hoped;

His story begins with the prophecy that says that Perseus was going to kill his grandfather in the future which led to his exile with his mother. As Perseus grew older, he became an obstacle to the designs King Polydectes had on Danae, so the king began to look for ways to rid of Perseus (Cartwright Web). Perseus begins his long journey to get the head of Medusa and thus calm the wrath of King

Polydectes wants to get rid of Perseus and marry Danaë, and asks Perseus to go kill Medusa, a horrible Gorgon (a supposed impossible task)

The unfortunate circumstances in which Perseus was raised led him to seek the approval of the king. In order for such a thing to occur he had to go on an extensive journey where he encountered strange creatures, and traitorous land that he had to conquer. With his clever tricks, tools, and the help of Hermes, Perseus successfully retrieved the head of Medusa. On the hero’s journey back from his victory he came across a maiden who was in dire need f his assistance, for she was about to be eaten by a monster. In a quick task to save the woman, Perseus cut the animal’s head off I a swift motion, killing it and saving her. With all these tremendous acts of bravery, and determination I can justify that Perseus is the best embodiment of a hero out of the given

Andromeda was a princess in Ethiopia and the daughter of Cassiopeia. Her mother, Cassiopeia, like many other mortals and gods, had excessive pride for herself and her daughter which caused her to commit hubris, one of the most costly sins during that time. Cassiopeia challenged the Nereides, Poseidon’s daughters, that her daughter was more beautiful than they were. Enraged by Cassiopeia’s hubris, Poseidon flooded the country and sent a sea monster along with it. Andromeda’s father in distress went to the Oracle and asked for help and guidance on how to fix the disaster that Cassiopeia started. The Oracle told him that the only way to fix the problem was to chain his daughter to a rock and let the sea monster eat her. Andromeda’s father knew there was no other way so he went and did exactly as the Oracle said. Andromeda was chained to the rock in the middle of the flood and was left there, abandoned, and had to wait for an unbearable end. While all of this was going on, Perseus was on his way home from his own journey that involved the death of Medusa. Perseus had passed Andromeda on his travel home and stopped because she had caught his eye. Perseus went and asked her what she was doing all alone in the middle of the flood chained to a rock. After Andromeda told him why Perseus said he would save her but he would like her to marry him. She agreed and Perseus went to

Perseus son of Zeus and Danae, grandson of king Acrisius of Argos was not wanted by the king due to the prophecy. Suddenly Baby Perseus and Danae are put into a chest and tossed to sea. With Zeus’ help, the chest is steered were a kind fisherman took them in on an island. An evil king on the island wants Danae, Perseus’ mom, to be his wife. Since Perseus was poor instead of giving gifts he gave his services to the king.

The exposition of his journey began when he claimed he would “go off and kill Medusa and bring back her head back” as a gift to the king of the island.(Hamilton 200) King Polydectes used this tactic to potentially marry Perseus’s mother. Perseus then crossed the sea in search for Medusa. When he arrives at Greece he encountered Hermes and Athena; they helped him enhance his strengths. Both of his mentors give him omnipotent items to

This semester in Greek Mythology, we read the story of Perseus, and watched the movie “Clash of the Titans.” Both of these stories are based on the same person, Perseus, so there are some similarities. Even though they are about the same persons life, there are some differences too. In the movie, Perseus was born as the son of Zeus and King Acreseous’ wife. Perseus grew up and while him and his family was sailing, they got caught in a war between humans and the gods and Hades killed his family in the crossfire. Perseus finds out that he is part of a prophecy to kill the Kraken, so that is what he sets out to do. In the story version, Perseus was born as the son of Zeus and King Acreseous’ daughter, Danae, and because of a prophesy that claims the Kings grandson will kill and overthrow him, he orders Danae and Perseus to be killed. Perseus

Danae’s father Acrisius would look for a priestess in Delphi and the man tells him that his grandson will kill him. Acrisius leaves frightened and imprisons Danae in an underground home of bronze and would guard her carefully. She then gets pregnant by Zeus and Perseus would be born. Considering that she is guarded so heavily by King Acrisius, her time consisted of “... long days and hours with nothing to do, nothing to see except the clouds moving by overhead…” (Hamilton 198). This type of isolation would prohibit Perseus from learning any type of skills in defence or knowledge and would hinder him from the future task at hand. When Danae finally got out of the underground home she would be once again imprisoned but into a chest with Perseus alone for many days and nights. After they hit land, Perseus learns the skill of fishing from the man who saved him and his mother. By the time Perseus grew into a young man he would once again lack knowledge of any monsters or tactics for a heroic adventure. Luckily, as he would accept the challenge of bringing Medusa’s head to Polydectes, Hermes and Athena would help him devise strategies such as obtaining information about the Nymphs of the North from the Gray Women and how to kill Medusa. Athena would be in charge of guiding Perseus as he slits through her neck while looking through her shield avoiding the temptation of looking and Hermes devises the plan of the

Perseus the Hero vs. Clash of the Titans In the movie, Clash of the Titans, Perseus must defeat Medusa and the Kraken to save the city, which is so different from the actual story. This made it difficult to follow. It was an amazing movie, but I wish it were more like the original myth.

Story Acts 1: Zeus, interrupting a festival for Princess Andromeda, brings judgment on King Cepheus and Queen Cassiopeia, for the defilement of his alter. Zeus, declares that the princess be chained to a cliff or Argos, flooded. Perseus witnessing the events of the Temple, agrees to venture on the quest to save Argos and It’s Princess, Andromeda. After accepting the king offer, he readies his horse, therefore meeting Andromeda, whom offer Athena shield, before setting out.