Slayer of Medusa and Rescuer of Andromeda, Perseus
Published on May 06, 2019
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Perseus was a key character in his grandfather Acrisius' oracle told by the Oracle of Delphi, it said that his daughter's son was going to kill him one day.
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Acrisius didn't like his oracle so he tried preventing it by locking his daughter Danae, who was supposed to give birth to Perseus, in a dungeon.
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While Danae was in the dungeon Zeus came down from Olympus in the form of golden rain piercing through the walls of the dungeon, and Danae’s body. Then Perseus was born.
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Acrisius after hearing the news put Danae and Perseus on an ark and sent them into open seas.
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Eventually they land on the shores of Serifos and are found by the brother of the king of the island, Polydectes.
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Perseus grew up to a strong young man and they thought they were safe, but King Polydectes wanted Danae to become his wife.
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King Polydectes knew he couldn't marry her with Perseus alive, so he sent him on a dangerous quest far away. To get the head of the gorgon Medusa.
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Perseus asked the gods Athena and Hermes for help, and they gave him winged sandals to fly, a cap that made him invisible, a sword and a mirrored shield.
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When he cut Medusa’s head off two offspring appeared Pegasus, a winged horse, and Chrysaor, a giant winged boar.
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While he was on his way home with Medusa’s head he saw the princess Andromeda who was tied to a rock in the sea with a giant sea monster and fell in love with her. He turned the sea monster to stone by showing it Medusa’s head and afterward married Andromeda. Then he headed back to Serifos where his mother was.
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He accompanied his mother back to her native hometown, where he accidentally struck his grandfather, Acrisius, dead when throwing a discus, which fulfilled the prophecy that he would kill his grandfather.
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