It is understandable to make appropriate changes to the original for the needs of the film, but only when it makes sense. The film insists on creating an incest-suspected love affair. I wonder if the screenwriter and director have lost their minds.
In Greek mythology, IO is one of the many lovers of Zeus, equivalent to the stepmother of Perseus, and has no intersection with Perseus at all. In the film, Guan Gong and Qin Qiong forced the two lives together, and made the two become lovers, and Zeus brought them together. It seems that Zeus is really generous. Did Tang Gaozong Li Zhi also fall in love with Wu Meiniang because of this inspiration?
Addendum: The story of Perseus and Medusa (there is a way out of the translation of names)
There is a city in the west of the Greek peninsula called Argos, and King Acrisius has a very beautiful and lovely princess Called Danae, Acrisius loved the daughter dearly, but the oracle of the Delphi temple told Acrisius that he would die at the hands of his grandson. In order to prevent his daughter from getting to know the man, he built a tall tower made of bronze and locked Dana inside, so that no one could approach. Zeus, who was naturally romantic, would not let it go when he saw such beauty. He turned into a golden rain, poured in from the only window of the copper tower, and met Dana.
Ten months later, Dana gave birth to a healthy and lively boy named Perseus, which means "glowing gold". After Acrisius heard this, he originally planned to kill them, but killing his relatives would be sent by the sky, the goddess of nemesis Erinyes would pursue him, and he could not bear to attack, so Acrisius decided to Dana mother and son are locked in a wooden box and thrown into the sea to let them fend for themselves.
The wooden box drifted with the sea to an island called Seriphus, and was rescued by Dictys, the younger brother of the king of the island. Eighteen years later, Perseus grew up and became a handsome and brave blond boy. Diktis' older brother, Polydectes, fell in love with Dana early on and wanted to marry her, but she refused him on the grounds of raising Perseus, so he always regarded Perseus as a thorn in his side. .
At a birthday party, Polidtex feasted the royal family and nobles, and he deliberately invited Perseus to the banquet, looking for an opportunity to ridicule him. Perseus did not bring any gifts, and said that as long as the king opened his mouth, he could bring anything back as a gift to the king. Polidtex deliberately asked for the head of the Gorgon Medusa. The young and competitive Perseus didn't know about Medusa at all, but he wanted to take the risk, so he agreed to Polydex. In fact, Polydex wanted to take this opportunity to get Perseus back. Can't come, let him die under the Gorgon. Perseus was afraid that his mother would be worried, so he left without saying goodbye and went to find the legendary Gorgon alone.
The Gorgon Medusa was originally a beautiful girl. She also has two sisters who are of immortal blood. She is the only mortal body among the three Gorgons. According to legend, she has the eyes of fatal temptation and lives in a distant place. West, the daughter of another little-known sea god, Phorcus. Poseidon, the god of the sea, was tempted and turned into a horse to have an affair with her. In order to escape the jealousy of Amphitrite after the god of the sea, he hid in the temple of Athena to have sex. Athena, and took anger on her two sisters, so she turned all three sisters into monsters. (Another saying is: Medusa was once a beautiful maiden, and the goddess of wisdom robbed her of all her beauty for boasting that she was more beautiful than Athena, leaving her only an ugly monster body. .) They are covered in golden scales and have eagle wings on their backs, and Medusa has swan wings on their backs, no hair on their heads, only snakes twisting and twisting, but it is still difficult to hide her Beautiful, as long as anyone sees her (their) eyes, they will be attracted by her beauty and magic and lose their souls and turn into a stone statue. People called them Gorg (pronounced: 高哥 or gorgon), and no one knew where they lived.
When Perseus was about to set off to find the Gorgon, a friendly old fisherman by the sea offered to help him and lent him some treasures. It turned out that the old fisherman was the incarnation of Athena. The treasures she lent Perseus were: a pair of shoes that could fly from the god Hermes, a hat that could be invisible when worn by Hades, the god of the underworld, a cap that could be stretched at will, and could not be bitten by any beast. Wearing a leather bag, and a diamond sword that cut iron to mud, and Athena lent him her shield. The goddess instructed him to find the three Grey Women in order to defeat Gao.
Gray Niang is Brother Gao's sister, who lives at the western end of the sea. They are very old from birth. The three of them take turns sharing an eye and a tooth. Only they know where Brother Gao is and how to defeat Brother Gao. Perseus came to Grey Lady's residence to hide, and snatched the eye when one of them took it off and gave it to the other. Perseus threatened to smash his eyes if they didn't tell him how to defeat Gao. Out of desperation, Grey Lady had to tell Perseus.
Perseus followed Grey Lady's instructions and came to the island where Brother Gao lived. He used Athena's shield to reflect the correct position of the three sisters, and while the three were sleeping, he slowly retreated to Medusa's side, cut off her head with a sword, and put the head in the leather in the bag. At this time, the other two Gao brothers woke up and saw the tragic death of their sister. They wanted to find Perseus, the murderer who killed her. Unfortunately, Perseus put on an invisibility cap and flying shoes, so the two Gao brothers could not see him, and He also left without a hitch with Medusa's head. The blood that flowed out of Medusa's neck suddenly burst into smoke, and a winged Pegasus flew out. This is Pegasus, the Pegasus of Pegasus, the giant Chrysaor After Perseus left, they also came out, they are all descendants of Poseidon.
Perseus, carrying the leather bag with the head of Medusa, rode Pegasus back, passing the coast of Ethiopia on the way, and saw a beautiful woman naked and being ironed. Practice tied to the hanging bank, looking very pitiful. Perseus then went over to ask what was going on. It turns out that she is the princess of this country, and her name is Andromeda. Her mother is vain and conceited with her beauty. She once boasted to others that she was more beautiful than Nereid, the fairy in the sea. The people visited the sea fairy and wanted to pay homage to her, so they offended the sea god Poseidon. The sea god caused a tsunami to flood the country's land and destroy the people's houses. The only way is to offer his daughter Andromeda to the sea monster as food. Otherwise, there will be even greater disasters to come to Ethiopia.
After Perseus knew the whole thing, he obliged to promise that he would defeat the sea monster for her and save her from here. Suddenly, there was a loud rumbling sound from the sea, and the waves broke apart. A sea monster with a dark body, a single horn on its head, and a tail shaped like a trident rushed towards the overhanging shore where they were at a very fast speed. Perseus, wearing flying shoes and holding a sword that was as sharp as mud, jumped into the air to attack the sea monster. He stabbed the sea monster with a sword, then took out Medusa's head from the leather bag and turned the sea monster into stone (the constellation Cetus refers to this sea monster). Perseus took Andromeda back to the palace in Ethiopia. King Cepheus and Queen Cassiopeia greeted them warmly. They were very grateful to Perseus for saving him. Their beloved daughter and decided to marry her daughter to Perseus. In fact, they admired each other early in the morning. Even if the king did not ask, Perseus would ask to marry Andromeda as his wife.
On the day of their grand wedding in Ethiopia, Andromeda's original fiancé, Phineus, led the army to trouble the king, dissatisfied with the king's violation of the marriage contract. But King Cepes said: "When your fiancée is in trouble, you will only hide in a safe place, but the heroic Perseus rescued her desperately. He is the one who really cares about Andromeda. You have no right to be her fiancé!" But Viñus was so furious that he ordered the army to attack Perseus and put him to death. Of course Perseus alone could not resist the entire army, so he shouted loudly, "Don't look at it if you are my friend!" Then he took out Medusa's head and turned all his enemies into stone. Andromeda refers to the image of the beautiful princess Andromeda tied to a rock with iron chains ready to be sacrificed to the sea monster, while Cepheus refers to King Cepes and Cassiopeia to Queen Cassiopeia .
After Perseus successfully married Andromeda, he returned to Cyprus with his new wife. Knowing that King Polidtex had forced his mother Dana to marry him, she refused, so she imprisoned her. Perseus was very angry, and immediately went to the palace to find Polidtex. Polidtex was having a feast with the ministers at this time. Seeing Perseus returning intact, he immediately showed a displeased look. He said that Perseus did not kill Medusa at all, but just fled back in fright. . Perseus opened the bag and said, "If you don't believe it, see with your eyes!" He held up Medusa's head and turned everyone into stone. The people wanted to make Perseus their king, but he wanted to go back to his homeland, Argos, so he gave up the throne to his adoptive father Diktis, and went back with his mother and wife. King Akrisius of Argos City knew that his grandson had become a famous hero, and was very afraid. He left Argos City and hid. Perseus took the boat back, but unexpectedly the strong wind made them deviate from the course and arrived at Thessaly, a neighboring country of Argos City, where a large-scale sports meeting was held, and Perseus participated with great interest. When he threw the discus with too much force, the discus threw it crooked and fell on the auditorium, killing an old man. It turned out that the old man was the king of Argos, Acrisius. He originally wanted to escape here. , but unexpectedly died at the hands of his grandson. The oracle finally came true.
Perseus was holding Medusa's head in his left hand, a sword in his right hand, and wearing flying shoes on his feet. He was in the sky and became Perseus.
Gorgon's blood, though highly poisonous, possesses special powers that once gave Erictheonias the ability to bring the dead back to life. Perseus killed the sea monster Setus with the severed head of Medusa, returned and gave the head to Athena, who fixed it in the center of her shield/cuirass. The heads of the three Gorgon sisters are often used by artists on symbolic coats of arms, architectural ornaments and even on Athenian coins, as well as on soldiers' shields.
In Greek legends, "Gorgon" is the collective name for three snake sisters who are very similar in appearance, including Sisina Stheno (overlook), Euryale (strength), and Medusa (Queen). Among the three Gorgon sisters, only Medusa is mortal, and her sisters Sisina and Yurielle are both demons. What Perseus took care of was the youngest sister, Medusa, and the other two sisters had the super power of immortality, so no matter how many times Perseus slashed, they would never die. In the end, Perseus had to Give up and run away. When Perseus was evading the pursuit of Medusa's two sisters, he was attacked by a strong wind in the air and swayed from side to side. The blood dripped from Medusa's head fell into the Libyan desert and became a poisonous snake.
After Perseus accidentally killed his grandfather with a discus, he was very sad and went out to the south of Greece to create the famous city of Mycenae.
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