Perseus was a demigod because he is the son of Zeus, a god and Danae, a human and half god. He never knew his real father. People say that his father maybe one of these gods, Ares, Apollo, or Zeus. He is a humble man and a brave warrior.
His mother, Danae, is the daughter of King Acrisius of Argos. King Acrisius sent a messenger to the Oracle of Delphi. The messenger came back with a prophecy that the his daughter will bear a son and one day will kill him. The king had the messenger beheaded because of the bad news. The king decided to build a brass tower with no doors, one window and a slit too small for baby’s arm to fit. He locked his daughter in the tower, guarded by sentries and savage dogs. He stayed away from the tower until someone tells him that his daughter died. One night, the king saw a bright light coming from the inside of the tower. He called a soldier to go with him to the tower. On their way to the tower, the light faded. When he got to the tower, he heard a baby crying. He ordered his soldiers to use the sledgehammer to break the wall. He saw Danae nursing a baby. She named the baby, Perseus, Greek, name meaning Avenger. The king thought of killing her daughter and son. He realized that she was protected by the gods. He told his soldiers that his daughter and her son will be put in a wooden boat without sails, oars, food and water. He pushed the boat in the water and left to die.
Danae and Perseus were saved by Dictys, a fisherman, and was taken to King Polydectes of Island of Sephiros. He was impressed with her beauty so he provided a her a house and servants. He rewarded Dictys a value of a month’s catch for bringing Danae to him.
Years later, Perseus grew to be a strong and br...
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...rted. He went to the castle to find out that King Polydectes was going to force his mother to marry him. He realized that king made him go out to his quest so he can marry his mother. He called King Polydectes attention. He was surprised that he was still alive. He told the king that he brought his wedding gift. He told his mother to close her eyes and showed Medusa head to the entire throne room. Everything turned into stone. He told his mother that her nightmare is over and he is back home. Danae, showed Perseus one of the guest that turned into stone. It was her father, King Acrisius. The prophecy was fulfilled. He went to the temple of Athens and Hermes to thanked them. He gave the Cap of Darkness to Hermes and the Shield to Athens. He kept the sword and the flying shoes. He threw Medusa’s head in the ocean because it was dangerous to keep.
Perseus was born to Danae and the Greek god Zeus. Acrisius, the father of Danae, was told by the oracle of Apollo that Danae’s son would kill him. After finding out that Danae had her son, Perseus, Acrisius shut Perseus and Dane up in a large chest cast the chest out to sea. After a while out in the sea, they landed on the island of Seriphos, where they were saved by the king Polydectes’s brother, Dictys. Polydectes, after hearing about Danae, wanted her to marry him. In order to get rid of Perseus, so that no one would be able to stop him from marrying Danae, Polydectes came up with a plan. He pretended to be marrying the daughter of one of his friends and required everyone to bring him a wedding gift. Polydectes knew that Perseus, being very poor, would arrive empty-handed. Perseus vowed that he could bring Polydectes anything that he wanted and so Polydectes demanded Perseus to bring him the head of the gorgon Medusa, hoping that he would be killed. Perseus set off on his adventure to kill Medusa and while stopping to rest one night in an unknown land, Perseus realized how hopeless the adventure seemed to be. “Gorgons were horrible, instead of hair they had black serpents that writhed on their head, they had brazen hands that could...
His grandfather, is King of Argos, his name is Acrisius. Acrisius had a daughter named Danae, however he wanted a son. So in search for an answer towards having a son, Acrisius went to the Oracle of Delphi. The Oracle said that Acrisius’ daughter, Danae would be the one to carry a baby boy, but this child would kill Acrisius. To avoid his own death, Acrisius created an underground chamber to lock his daughter in, therefore, she would be unable to conceive a child. Little did Acrisius know that Zeus would shape shift into golden rain and conceive a child with Danae. Naturally, Danae gave birth to Perseus. When she was let out of this underground chamber Danae met Polydectes. Polydectes was determined to make Danae his wife and that is exactly what happened. Perseus was unable to grant his mother and Polydectes a gift, so he was told to bring back Medusa’s head. Perseus was successful in retrieving Medusa’s head. On his journey back home he met a beautiful Goddess who was in distress. Perseus saved her from a horrific sea monster and they instantly fell in love and wanted to be joined together in holy matrimony. However, Andromeda’s uncle was no too pleased with this decision. He wanted Andromeda only for himself. Therefore he planned to murder Perseus but was unsuccessful since Perseus had the advantage of Medusa’s head. Perseus showed Andromeda’s uncle Medusa’s face and he then was turned to stone. When he returned home with the gift, he found out Polydectes was abusing his mother. Instead of giving him the present he used it against Polydectes and turned him to stone as well. Acrisius became aware of what Perseus was capable of doing so he decided to flee. Although that didn’t help as much as he believed it would. Perseus and his grandfather ran into each other at the Games Ceremony, in Larissa. When Perseus went to throw the discus it slipped from his grasp and clashed into his grandfather’s head, killing
In the Greek myth, King Acrisius was told by a prophecy that he would be killed by his grandson. To prevent this from occurring he locked his daughter Danae in a dungeon; it was there that the god Zeus came to the beautiful woman in the form of a golden shower and impregnated her. As a result of this encounter Danae bore a son named Perseus (CITATION). Noel depicts Danae laying on her back in front of a window, behind her a cityscape with bustling people and a great church command the rest of the viewer's attention. It is apparent that this painting precedes Danae's pregnancy, her body is rather thin and a small child is nowhere to be seen. The light resting near her genital area is reminiscent of Zeus' golden shower, this observation lead me to believe that this is the moment of (or the moment preceding) the conception of
The settings are the Grey Sisters Place, some place with Athena, island of the Gorgons, Into the air, and Atlas’s island. The settings are different because it has more than Perseus. The events are that Perseus was sent off the quest, He then gets a lot of gifts after that he goes to see the Grey sisters and steals their eye then goes to see Atlas she gives him the hat of darkness. After that goes to Medusa’s cave and he cuts off Medusa’s head, he escapes Medusa's sisters. The event is different because he has a lot of things to do before going and killing medusa and in the poem Perseus he just got a shield and cut her head.
First, they are both a perfect hero. This means that they have strength or have a very good reputation. In Perseus he is a perfect hero because he becomes a great king and is made a constellation he is regarded so highly of. As is said by the author, “When at last Perseus and Andromeda died, put them, too, in the sky as constellations.” (D'aulaires, 122) This explains two things that make the original Perseus a perfect hero. This is less modern than the lightning thief because he starts out as not knowing anything about his life as a demigod, and then becoming the most well known demigod of that time by preventing a war. (Percy Jackson and The Lighting Thief, beginning) The lightning thief is more modern because it is placed in a city of modern time and he becomes a hero by stopping something that people are more likely to do for everybody's equalness. Secondly, they both have strange births. Perseus, as is said in the text, “Instead, he put Danae and her son, Perseus, in a chest and threw in into the sea.” (D'aulaires, 115) Instead of The lightning thief where he never saw his father and had to grow up with a sewer smelling step dad.(Percy Jackson and The Lighting Thief, beginning) This step dad thing is more of a modern take on a strange birth. And who uses chests anymore? Lastly, Perseus had Zeus as his father. And as is said in the text, “In the shape of a golden shower to her.”
Perseus, Argos’ first important hero, follows the structure of a typical Greek hero in that of his unusual birth and childhood. The story of his birth all started with a prophecy. His grandfather Acrisius was king of Argos and had only one child, a daughter named Danaë. An oracle foretold that Dana...
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In the 1981 clash of the Titans movie the King Acrisius of Argo imprisons his daughter Danei *Danaë because he is jealous of her beauty. The god Zeus visits her and makes her pregnant. King Acrisius in a fit of rage puts Danae and the baby, Perseus, to sea in a wood coffin. Angry, Zeus kills Acrisius and orders the god Poseidon to release the giant sea monster the Kraken to destroy Argos. Perseus survives, but his mother doesn’t, his journey by floating to the island of Seriphos where he grows up.
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Hades shows himself to Perseus and with the rage of what Hades has done to Perseus, Perseus grabs a lighnting bolt from his sword and throws it at Hades sending him back to the underworld. Saving Andromeda and she offered to make him king and he had refused. Zeus asked if he wanted to join him in Olympus but refused and requested to stay a demi-god but Zeus granted him Io as a companion. In the story according to the Greeks Danae is the daughter of King Acrisius. When he had them put in a box and thrown into the ocean and saved by the fisherman named Dictys they both were still alive and Danae ended up falling in love with Dictys and they were married. Dictys’ brother King Polydectes wanted to take Danae as his wife, Perseus hearing the news he offered to pay any price for his mother not to marry King Polydectes. Sense Polydectes was afraid of Perseus he quickly made an offer that he will allow his mother to stay married to Dictys, only if he brings back the head of Medusa. Bravely, Perseus accepted his