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PEGASUS AND PERSEUS
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1  Listen, read and match.

HISTORY
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➊  Perseus is one of the greatest ➌  From the blood of Medusa’s body
heroes in Greek mythology. a winged horse appears:
He is the son of the father it is Pegasus. There is a great
of all gods, Zeus, and Danaë. storm when the horse is born.
He is the brave man who kills Perseus rides the winged horse
the horrible Gorgon Medusa. through the sky as fast as
➋  Medusa is a creature, with her the wind.
head full of poisonous snakes, ➍  With Pegasus he saves
and a petrifying look: nobody can his beautiful lover, Andromeda,
look at her or they become a rock. from a sea monster and a tragic
Only Perseus understands how death, and later he marries her.
to kill her: he turns his back to her
and looks at her through his shield. C
From this position, he cuts
Medusa’s head with a sword.

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blood sangue • death morte • fast veloce • heroes eroi • monster mostro
KEY
• mythology mitologia • petrifying pietrificante • poisonous velenoso
VOCABULARY
• shield scudo • sword spada • winged alato
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