Perseus
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Perseus was one of Zeus' many sons, that he had. This web page will
tell you about his life. Perseus was a real hero that follows
the achetype. The oracle of Apollo told Acrisius that Danae's son
would one day kill him. So Acrisius caged Danae and baby Perseus
in a large chest and cast them to sea. Some how they got safely to
the island of Seriphos where Polydectes was king there. Polydectes
heard about Danae and he wanted to marry her. She rejected him, so Polydectes
planned a marriage and sent Perseus to get the head of gorgon Medusa
as a marriage gift. So he went of on his perilous voyage. Then a
tall woman and a man with wenged sandles appeared, it was Athena
and Hermes. They gave him the wiged sandles, a sickel, and
shield so that he would not turn into stone once Meduza looked at him.
Then he had to find the Graneae, so that they would give him
the cap of darkness and the way to find Meduza. Once he did, he got them
toll tell them the way to Gorgo and when he got there he saw them at sleep
and he used the cap of darkness to cover him and cut Meduza's head. One
of them woke up and saw him but he flew away with the wiged sandals.He
meet Andromeda, which was going to be eated by a sea monster. Later they
went to Larsia and Perseus was throwing discuisius. So the Prophecy came
true and after mourning for a while Perseus and Andromeda left. When
they arrived at Seriphos, they met Dictys the fisherman who brought
them to shore. Dyctys told Perseus that Polydects didn't get married
and Polydectes force Danae to be his handmaiden. Perseus was furiuos and
went to the palace, he walked in ans said, "Let all who are
my friends shield theri eyes!" So saying he raised Meduza's head and Polydectes
and his coutier were change to statues. Perseus and Andromeda lived
happily for many years and their descendants became great kings. Later
Perseus was killed by dionysus, Perseus and Andromeda were put up in the
sky as constellations.Perseus was a real hero that followed the archetype.
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