The truth about Perseus (discus thrower) (for reference only)

Krystina 2021-10-20 17:28:27

Perseus (Περσεύς) is the son of Zeus and Danae in Greek mythology.

Story:

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King Acrisius, the son of God Argos, asked the gods to prophesy that he would die by the son of his own daughter Danae. So Acrisius locked Danae in a copper tower. Zeus turned into a golden rain to mate with Danae, and Perseus was born.


>>> The expelled
Acrisius ordered the mother and son to be thrown into the sea in a wooden box. With the help of Poseidon, Zeus prevented the death of mother and son. They drifted to Silifos Island, where they were adopted by the fisherman Dictis, and Perseus grew up. Diktis was the brother of Polydechtes, king of the island. Later, Polydechtes tried to show his courtesy to Danae, but Danae was protected by Dictis and Perseus.


>>> Test
In order to get rid of Perseus, Polydectes asked him to obtain Medusa's head. Medusa can use her vision to turn everyone who sees her into stone. Polydechtes asked everyone on the island to offer him a horse. Perseus had no horses, so he promised to give Polydectes any other gifts, and Polydectes took the opportunity to ask Perseus for Medusa's head.

Athena gave Perseus a shiny shield and told him that if he looked at Medusa from the reflection of the shield, he would not turn into stone. Hermes gave him a sword. Naiades gave him a stealth helmet. In addition, Athena told Perseus that he must first find the three sisters of Medusa to ask Ming Medusa where.


>>> The
three Sisters Greier are the sisters of Gore, who share the same teeth and eyes. Perseus snatched their eyes as they passed them so that they couldn't see him. He told them that either they would tell him where Medusa was, or they would never have eyes. Perseus learned of Medusa's whereabouts and threw his eyes and teeth back into a lake.


>>> Medusa
They were sleeping when Perseus found Medusa and the other two Gore banshees. Under Athena's guidance, he looked at the reflection in the shield and approached Medusa, cut off her head and put her head in the narcissus leather bag. From Medusa's neck jumped out the Pegasus Pegasus and the giant Krythaor. The other two Gore-workers chased him, but he leaned on his invisibility helmet to escape.


>>> Atlas
finally came to the top of Atlas, Atlas begged Perseus to turn him into stone, Perseus took out Medusa's head to Atlas Look at it. Atlas immediately turned into stone. His body is today's Atlas Mountains in North Africa.


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On the return journey, Perseus saw a beauty tied to a rock on the coast of Ethiopia. This beauty is called Andromeda (Andromeda). She is the daughter of the Ethiopian King Siphos (Cephus). Her mother once proudly said that she is more beautiful than all sea nymphs. For this reason Enraged the sea god Poseidon, so he was tied here as a victim to the sea beast Ketuo.


>>> The battle with the sea beasts
Andromeda's parents begged Perseus to fight with Kerto to rescue their daughter. As a condition, he can marry Andromeda as his wife and become the king of Ethiopia. One said that Perseus used Medusa's head to turn Keto into a stone, and the other said that he used a sword to fight Keto and defeated the sea beast.


>>> The wedding feast
At the wedding feast, Andromeda's uncle Phinius suddenly led his troops. Phineus had proposed to Andromeda in the past, and this time he came to rob the bride. Due to the many enemies, Perseus was finally lost despite the hero. At this time Perseus once again turned to "his old enemy", but he first warned his friend to turn his back. Then he took out Medusa's head and turned all his enemies to stone.


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Returning to his hometown Before Perseus returned to his hometown, he also gave birth to a son, Perses, who later accepted his kingdom from Siphos and became the ancestor of all Persian kings.

Perseus and his wife returned to the island where his mother lived. Polydectes didn't believe that Perseus had retrieved Medusa's head, so Perseus showed him the head, and Polydectes turned into stone.

On the way back to Argos, Perseus participated in a game in Larissa. His maternal grandfather Acrisius heard that he immediately fled Argos on the way to Argos and came to Larissa. The discus thrown by Perseus in the game killed Acrisius.

Perseus was very sad. After burying his grandfather, he returned all the treasures he had obtained to their original owners. Perseus dedicated Medusa's head to Athena. He gave up the throne of Argos and established Mycenae in Tiryns. He and Andromeda had many other children. After their death, Zeus lifted them into the stars and became the autumn constellation: Perseus became Perseus, Andromeda became Andromeda, and her mother became Cassiopeia, her father became Cepheus, and that sea beast became Cepheus. Hercules was the illegitimate son of Zeus and Alcmene four generations later.


Another 1:

[The famous ancient Greek sculptor Miron is the author of the famous sculpture "Discus Thrower". He is considered to be the pioneer of the golden age of Greek art-the classical period. The discus thrower is an athlete holding a discus and ready to throw. There is a saying that the discus thrower is a statue based on Perseus in Greek mythology. ]

Another 2:
[In addition to the stories of gods in ancient Greece, there are many legends of half-human and half-god "heroes". Regarding the legend of heroes, the most famous is the "Homer Epic" which describes the various stories of the Greeks who besieged and attacked the city and finally returned to the country during the ten-year Trojan War, such as Achilles (in "Iliad" Appear in) and Odysseus (the protagonist of "Odyssey").

Other famous heroes include: Hercules, Theseus, Perseus, Jason, Hector, Agamemnon, Oedipus]

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Clash of the Titans quotes

  • Perseus: If I do this, I do it as a man.

    Draco: But you are NOT just a man.

  • Zeus: Like children, they need to be reminded of the order of things!