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History of Perseus
by Lillian Bonar
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Throughout history, many ancient cultures created stories involving great heroes and gods to explain certain
aspects of their daily lives. These stories would form an important part of the culture’s religion and are referred to
today as mythology. One great hero from ancient Greek mythology is Perseus. According to both ancient
standards and today’s standards, Perseus would be seen as a great hero. The many actions that Perseus is said to
have done in his adventures prove his heroism.
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...
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