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    Perseus was the son of Zeus and Danae. To prove his worth, King Polydectes tasks Perseus with killing the gorgon Medusa. Perseus receives help from Hermes and Athena, who guide him to the nymphs who give him tools to defeat Medusa. Perseus slays Medusa and uses her severed head to turn his enemies to stone. He later rescues Andromeda from sacrifice and they marry.

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    Perseus was the son of Zeus and Danae. To prove his worth, King Polydectes tasks Perseus with killing the gorgon Medusa. Perseus receives help from Hermes and Athena, who guide him to the nymphs who give him tools to defeat Medusa. Perseus slays Medusa and uses her severed head to turn his enemies to stone. He later rescues Andromeda from sacrifice and they marry.

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    The Story of The Great Hero Before The Trojan WAR: Perseus

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    Perseus was the son of Zeus and Danae. To prove his worth, King Polydectes tasks Perseus with killing the gorgon Medusa. Perseus receives help from Hermes and Athena, who guide him to the nymphs who give him tools to defeat Medusa. Perseus slays Medusa and uses her severed head to turn his enemies to stone. He later rescues Andromeda from sacrifice and they marry.

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    THE STORY OF THE GREAT

    HERO BEFORE THE TROJAN


    WAR

    PERSEUS
    CHARACTERS:
    Perseus - son of Zeus and Danae and the husband of
    Andromeda

    Andromeda - daughter of King Cepheus and Queen


    Cassiopeia of Ethiopia
    Medusa - one of the Gorgons (the only mortal) who was killed
    by Perseus
    Danae - mother of Perseus and daughter of King Acrisius
    KING ACRISIUS - King of Argos
    DICTYS – a good fisherman who helped Danaë and Perseus
    POLYDECTES - brother of Dictys, King of the island Seriphos
    and the one who fell in love with Danaë and wanted to get
    rid of Perseus
    HERMES & ATHENA - brother and sister of Perseus who
    guided and helped him
    NYMPHS OF THE NORTH – have the possession of the
    three equipments used by Perseus
    Zeus, The gorgons, GRAY WOMEN
    Cepheus and Cassiopeia – parents of Andromeda
    SETTINGS:
    - ARGOS

    - SERIPHOS
    - GRAY WOMEN’S ABODE
    - COUNTRY OF THE HYPERBOREANS OR NYMPHS OF THE NORTH

    - GORGONS’ ISLAND
    ETHIOPIA
    TIRYNS
    In some accounts, the
    Greeks imagined that
    when Perseus,
    Andromeda and
    Cassiopeia died their
    images were put into the
    night sky as
    constellations or groups
    of stars.

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