Medusa

him a sword, a shield, a pouch, and the cap of darkness which allows him to be invisible. Eventually, Perseus found the lair of the Gorgons. In fear of turning to stone, he flew backward. Getting closer, he drew his sword and cut off the head of Medusa and put it in his pouch. Along his journey back, he saved a beautiful princess named Andromeda who was chained to a rock and about to be killed by a sea monster. Once her father, the King found out, he offered Perseus anything he wanted for a reward

How can we modernize a story to make it more relatable and understanding to a new generation of learners? The book, Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief based on the original,“The Legend of Perseus,” is taken and molded into a new take on ancient greek mythology. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief draws on and adds to the original characters, uses similarities and creates differences to rejuvenate the old story. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief has very similar plot types and structures

story and plot line. First of all, “Perseus” and Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief have very similar plot lines and have events that are similar. The story of Perseus slays, “Medusa lived on an island far out at sea, but nobody knew just where.” (D’aulaires Page 116) Both of these stories involve killing medusa and taking the head with them on the quest. It was modernized because in “Percy Jackson and

Head: Perseus throughout the movie has a grievance towards the gods, and wishes not to use anything they give to him, even if it is helpful in his journey to slay Kraken and kill Hades. Perseus also thought the gods cannot help and refuses to be anything but a man. Perseus additionally denies involvement with Zeus, and even goes as far to deny the opportunity to have a spot in Olympus, and become an immortal god. Perseus’s reasoning for this was to not be dependent on the gods, or to be like his

Concept of Heroes Heroes were first appeared in the Greek Mythology. (Rizal) At that time, there were so many heroes: Achilles, the Greek hero of the Trojan War; Hercules, the strong men who performed 12 impossible tasks; Perseus, He killed the Gorgon Medusa, whose gaze turned people to stone. When we heard the word ‘hero’ we would think about the person who is good, brave, and have more powerful than normal people, never afraid of the dangerous things and always help people in a trouble. Each age’s heroes

god, and father of all horses and pegasi. “I see that you have found one of my children”, his voice boomed. “This is your kid?” she replied. “ Yes, and I need him to be healed. But I’m not capable to do so right now. His mother, Medusa, and i are going somewhere tonight. You know, sort of a... date, you know? If you wish to stay in human form and not a pitiful sea slug, I suggest you bring him into your house and heal him yourself.” “A date, huh?”

Favor of The Gods In the Greek myth of Perseus, it is demonstrated that though heroes have strength, they need help from the supernatural to succeed in their quests. When Perseus was born he was tossed into a chest with his mother and thrown into the sea (115). Under normal circumstances, the child would have died, but Zeus took pity on his child and rescued him from drowning. Secondly, without the gods, heroes would not know which path to take. The myth states that “as he stood at

gift. That is, everyone but Perseus (Hamilton 200). He didn’t want them to be married, and he was too young and out of money to have a gift. He then formulated a plan, announcing that as his gift he would bring the head of the Gorgon by the name of Medusa (Hamilton 200). No one ever dared going after the Gorgons, so this in itself showed extreme bravery. He carried out his plan, too, he never showed cowardice. The Greeks valued this fearlessness in their portrait of a hero, and this amount of courage

that he was brave, and that he was courteous, because he promised to bring Medusa's head back as a gift. He fought Medusa's, and he ended up winning the fight and he did keep his promise. He had her head in his hands, and everyone was amazed because Medusa was powerful. After that he ended up falling in love with Andromeda. All of these characteristics were important to Ancient Greek cultures. Perseus was culturally significant because he affected lots of people during that time of his living, his

father, Zeus, as he is associated with lightning bolts (Hesiod’s Theogony. 690-694). Athena's shield also contains a major historical story of hers. The head of the gorgon Medusa is clearly shown on her shield. This is similar to some of the ancient artwork done in the past. Though this is also different when comparing the story of Medusa head to some of the ancient roman texts as medusa's head is on her breastplate rather than on her shield: “she (Athena) changes the Gorgon's hair to loathsome snakes