Medusa

adjustments in his life. Nonetheless, Perseus was an unquestionable hero. 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

couple, the husband being the brother of the king, Polydectes. Perseus is a demigod born of Danae and Zeus, and slayer of Medusa. He is a brave soul that tries to stop Polydectes from marrying his mother since he would have no luck with any other woman, thinking Perseus would not come back after this quest, with a smirk Polydectes challenged Perseus to get the head of Medusa in order to prevent the marriage. The ancient Greeks were one of the most intelligent cultures back then. In fact, we now use

from the Nymphs of the North, he found Medusa’s lair. When Perseus finally entered Medusa’s lair he found Medusa and her sisters who were sleeping. Perseus, using the Cap of Darkness, unseenly managed to kill Medusa, while she was sleeping, using the sickle that Athena had given him; he then used the bag that he had also retrieved from Athena and put her head into it. Even though Medusa was dead, her head was not. Her head indeed, was very alive. Medusa’s sisters had woken up and attacked Perseus

Perseus was one of the great heroes of classical mythology. He was the son of jupiter and Danae, and is best known for his killing of Medusa. He was aided in killing Medusa by Pluto, Mercury and Minerva. Pluto lent him his invisible helmet, Mercury lent him his flying shoes and Minerva lent him her shield. With these three items, Perseus was able to kill Medusa successfully. Perseus then flew until he spotted Andromeda, who was chained as a sacrifice

an island where he would be rescued by a fisherman. These two stories also share Perseus’s visit to the Graeae and his beheading of Medusa. The adventure of Perseus in both versions also refer to how he used divine help from the kids in the use of weapons to

things that Percy Jackson did, aside from battling Medusa and the Gray Sisters. Perseus has done some similar things as Percy Jackson, such as saving a girl from a huge monstrous force. In Perseus case, he saves Andromeda from the sea monster, and in Percy Jacksons case, he saves his mother from Hades. In the movie, Percy battles Medusa and wins almost the same way Perseus did. Percy Jackson used his phone reflection to chop of the head of Medusa while Perseus chopped the head off of her in her sleep

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. She was being

Unfortunately, no man could defeat Medusa without aid, thus, Polydectes thought he had put the boy in a seemingly impossible situation that would result in his death. 5. How did Hermes and Athena help Perseus? Hermes informed Perseus that he needed to be armed properly before facing Medusa and that the tools he required were in the possession of the Nymphs of the North. But to first find them, he must travel to

keeping the quest mostly the same, and transformed it by adding new characters and extra tasks. First off, the plots are different because percy went on three assignments and perseus only went on one. Percy jackson and perseus both had to kill medusa the only difference was that percy jackson killed the hydra and escaped the layer of the lotus flower. In the movie Percy's mom got captured by Hades and wanted to get her back,so he went on a quest to find her. The only problem was he had to go

episode. One of the displays that really stood out was called Perseus. This masterpiece was created by Graham Armstrong and Zach Charendoff to represent the myth Perseus. This presentation was very attractive and appealing because of the head of Medusa, the bright reflective