Mythology who is perseus

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He was known there as a young man with great physical strength as well as great courage. Danae stayed there as well. She happened to catch the eye of the brother of Diktys, who was also the King of the island. His name was King Polydectes. The King wished to court Danae, but Perseus did not want that for his mother and he therefore became an obstacle for the king.

King Polydectes needed a way to rid himself of Perseus so that he could get to Danae. Perseus was eventually overheard boasting about his physical strength, saying that he could single-handedly kill the dreaded Gorgon Medusa.

This was the opportunity that King Polydectes was looking for. He presented a challenge to Perseus that if he could not make good on his boast to kill Medusa, then the King would take possession of his mother.

Medusa was one of the three Gorgons, sisters who were known for their hair made of venomous snakes and who could turn men to stone with just a single look. Medusa was the only one of the Gorgons who was mortal meaning that she could be killed. Perseus first consulted the Gods, who advised him to seek out the Graiai. The Graiai were actually 3 other sisters of the Gorgons. The myth states that the Graiai were three old witches who had only one tooth and one eye between them. Perseus was said to have stolen the eye and would only return it for information on finding Medusa and also information on finding the cap of Hades a cap that made the person invisible when he wore it as well as winged sandals to enable him to fly.

He also asked for the kibisis, a special bag that he would use to carry the head of Medusa. In order to get their eye back, the Graiai gave in and helped Perseus to find the items he asked for. With those items as well as a sickle given to him by the God Hermes , Perseus was on his way to attempt to slay Medusa. The Gorgon Medusa , along with her sisters Sthenno and Euryale, were said to live at the ends of the Earth beyond the oceans.

Perseus was able to fly to their lair thanks to his flying sandals that he now had. Using the cap of Hades to render him invisible, he was able to find and silently slay Medusa with the sickle that he received from Hermes.

In addition to killing Medusa, this event was said to be the birth event of Pegasus , the mythological winged horse, and his brother Chrysaor, who were said to have emerged from the severed neck of Medusa. Upon slaying Medusa, the other Gorgon sisters were alerted and tried to subdue Perseus. Because of this, Polydectes began devising a plan to make Perseus disappear and then make Danae his wife.

Everyone in the land was told to bring a gift for the happy couple. But Perseus did not have any money and did not bring a present. Polydectes pretended to be upset and began an argument with the young man. To make him happy, Perseus said he would bring any gift that Polydectes wanted. The king asked for the head of Medusa.

He was beginning to lose hope when two people, a man and a woman, suddenly appeared in front of him. They were Athena and Hermes and told Perseus that they were siblings of his. They offered to help. Hermes gave Perseus his winged sandals for speed and the sickle that had been used by Cronus to castrate his father.

Athena gave the young man her shield for protection. The siblings also helped Perseus by telling him where he could find Medusa. Perseus set out again with a new source of inspiration. She was sleeping. Perseus put on the Cap of Darkness and was able to sneak up on the monster. He used the sickle to decapitate her and then carried her head on the shield. He placed it in a bag to prevent her eyes from casting their spell on anyone. Perseus began to head back to Seriphos.

On his journey, he conquered several other monsters and obstacles. On one of his adventures, he rescued a young woman named Andromeda, who became his wife. He stopped in the town of Larisa with his new wife. He threw a discus there while playing games with the locals. Description of Greece v, Pythian Odes x, Metamorphoses iv, ; Servius on Virgil's Aeneid iv, Pythian Odes xii, 21; Strabo. Geography x, p. Scholiast on Euripides' Orestes , Description of Greece ii, Metamorphoses v, ff.

Scholiast on Euripides' Phoenician Women , Dionysiaca xxi, The Library ii, 4. Metamorphoses iv, ff. Histories ii, Some rights reserved. On the very day that he killed the Gorgon, he defeated another great foe. On his way home he happened upon the site of a great sea monster who was about to take a beautiful princess as a sacrifice. Perseus flew into action, killing the monster and claiming Andromeda as his bride. While many marriages in mythology are marked by tragedy and betrayal, Perseus and Andromeda appear to have had a happy union.

They established a great kingdom of their own and had nine children who became kings and queens throughout Greece. It also made her one of the first characters in classical literature that can be identified as non-white. According to legend, Perseus began to make his way back to his childhood home, the island of Seriphos, after killing the Gorgon. He used the winged sandals of Hermes to fly so that he might return more quickly. Along the way, however, he passed over the coastline of Aethiopia.

There, he saw a sight so terrible he felt no choice but to intervene. The Cetus, a sea monster, was attacking the capital city of that kingdom.

Bound to the rocks on the shore and about to be devoured by the beast was a beautiful princess. Aethopia was ruled by King Cepheus and Queen Cassiopeia. Cassiopeia had bragged that her daughter, Andromeda, was more beautiful than the Nereids. The sea god sent a flood, then set the Cetus loose on Aethiopia.

The floodwaters not only destroyed crops and homes, but also allowed the sea monsters to move further into the interior of the country and cause more damage. King Cepheus consulted the oracle of Ammon and was told that the destruction would only end if he offered his daughter as a sacrifice to the monster.

The beautiful princess was tied naked to the rocks along the shore to appease the monster. Perseus arrived just as the Cetus was about to eat her alive.