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Title: Perseus


1
Perseus
  • This powerpoint was found online. It is very
    comprehensive, and should help you with review

2
Origin
  • King Acrisius was told that the son of his
    daughter, Danae, would kill him.
  • He could not let this happen so he locked her in
    a tower to never marry or have children
  • However, a man with a thunderbolt appeared to her
    and together they gave birth to a boy, Perseus.

3
Cast Away
  • King Acrisius was furious when he discovered the
    child.
  • He shut Danae and Perseus up in a chest and cast
    them out to sea.
  • Somehow they got to Seriphos where Polydectes was
    king.

4
Polydectes Plot
  • Soon Polydectes fell in love with Danae and
    wanted to remove Perseus.
  • Perseus was tricked into offering anything
    Poldectes wanted as a wedding gift.
  • He demanded the head of Medusa, a gorgon with a
    gaze that turned people to stone.

5
Help from the Gods
  • Divine help was needed for this quest and it came
    from Hermes and Athena.
  • Athena gave Perseus her mirrored shield and
    Hermes gave him his sword.
  • He then visited the Gray Women and forced them to
    tell him how to get to the Gorgons. He was also
    given a satchel, winged sandals, and a cap to
    make him invisible.

6
Slaying Medusa
  • He used the reflection in his shield to approach
    Medusa and cut off her head.
  • The other Gorgons attacked, but Perseus used the
    sandals and the cap to escape.

7
Princess Andromeda
  • As he passed Ethiopia on his return trip, Perseus
    spied Andromeda chained to a rock.
  • Her father was sacrificing her to a sea monster
    to please Poseidon.
  • Perseus rescued her in return for their marriage.

8
Return to Seriphos
  • When Perseus returned to Seriphos, he used
    Medusas head to turn Polydectes to stone.
  • He made Polydectes brother, Dictys, the new
    king.

9
Prophecy Fulfilled and The End
  • At an athletic event sometime later, Perseus
    thrilled a crowd with his discus skill.
  • However, he accidentally struck and killed a man
    who turned out to be Acrisius.
  • The prophecy originally told to Acrisius had come
    true.

10
Works Cited
  • Hamilton, Edith. Mythology. New York Little
    Brown Company, 1940. Print.
  • "Perseus." Greek Mythology. 2005. Web. 21 Feb.
    2010. lthttp//www.greekmythology.com/Myth s/Heroe
    s/Perseus/perseus.htmlgt.
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