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    Perseus was the son of Zeus and Danae. He completed several heroic tasks including slaying the Gorgon Medusa and saving Andromeda from a sea monster. The Gorgons were monstrous creatures with snake hair and a gaze that could turn people to stone. Perseus was given gifts from Hermes and Athena that helped him in his quest to defeat Medusa and save Andromeda.

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    Perseus was the son of Zeus and Danae. He completed several heroic tasks including slaying the Gorgon Medusa and saving Andromeda from a sea monster. The Gorgons were monstrous creatures with snake hair and a gaze that could turn people to stone. Perseus was given gifts from Hermes and Athena that helped him in his quest to defeat Medusa and save Andromeda.

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    Perseus was the son of Zeus and Danae. He completed several heroic tasks including slaying the Gorgon Medusa and saving Andromeda from a sea monster. The Gorgons were monstrous creatures with snake hair and a gaze that could turn people to stone. Perseus was given gifts from Hermes and Athena that helped him in his quest to defeat Medusa and save Andromeda.

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    THE GORGON’S

    HEAD
    Anne Terry
    PERSEUS
    Perseus beheaded the Gorgon Medusa and
    saved Andromeda from the sea
    monster Cetus.

    Perseus was the son of the


    mortal Danaë and the god Zeus.
    THE GORGONS
    The Gorgons are monstrous
    creatures covered with impenetrable
    scales, with hair of living snakes,
    hands made of brass, sharp fangs
    and a beard.
    THE GRAY WOMEN
    The Graeae were probably three monstrous sisters
    with the names Enyo ("the shocking"), Pemphredo
    ("the horryfying") and Deino ("the dreadful").

    They were the sisters of the Gorgons.

    The Graeae had grey hair and the form of old


    women since their birth. The possessed a total of
    one eye and one tooth, which they shared among
    each other.

    The Graeae were living close to Hades, the god of


    the underworld, and probably therefore they had
    never seen the light of the sun and the moon.
    MEDUSA
    A monster, aGorgon, generally
    described as having the face of a
    hideous human female with living
    venomous snakes in place of hair.
    Gazing directly into her eyes would
    turn onlookers to stone.
    KING ACRISIUS &
    DANAE
    Acrisius was the king of Argos. He was warned by an oracle that he would be
    killed in time by a son born to his daughter Danae. So he promptly locked her
    up in a tower and threw away the key. But the god Zeus got in, disguised as a
    shower of gold, and became the father of Perseus.

    DANAE was a daughter of King Acrisius. She was the mother


    of the hero Perseus by Zeus
    DICTYS AND POLYDECTES
    Polydectes was the ruler of Seraphos and fell in
    love with Danae. He was killed by Perseus by
    showing him the head of Medusa.

    Dictys was a fisherman and brother of


    King Polydectes He
    discovered Danaë and Perseus inside a chest that
    had been washed up on shore He treated them well
    and raised Perseus as his own son. After Perseus
    killed Medusa, rescued Andromeda, and later
    showed Medusa's head to Polydectes turning him
    and the nobles with him to stone, he made Dictys
    king.
    ANDROMEDA
    On the way back to Seraphos Island, Perseus
    stopped in the kingdom of Aethiopia. This
    mythical Ethiopia was ruled by
    King Cepheus and Queen Cassiopeia.
    Cassiopeia, having boasted her
    daughter Andromeda equal in beauty to
    the Nereids, drew down the vengeance
    of Poseidon, The oracle of Ammon announced
    that no relief would be found until the king
    exposed his daughter Andromeda to the
    monster, and so she was fastened naked to a
    rock on the shore. Perseus slew the monster
    and, setting her free, claimed her in marriage.
    ZEUS
    Zeus is the god of
    sky and thunder and the ruler of the
    Olympians of Mount Olympus and the
    father of Perseus
    HERMES AND ATHENA
    Hermes was the son of Zeus, the messenger
    of the gods and protector of the travelers.
    He gave Perseus a magnificent curved
    sword.
    Athena was the Greek virgin goddess of
    reason, intelligent activity, arts and literature.
    She was the daughter of Zeus; her birth is
    unique in that she did not have a
    mother. Instead, she sprang full grown and
    clad in armour from Zeus' forehead.
    She gave Perseus a bright shield to look
    unto it so that he will not turn into stone

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