Perseus - Trey
King of Argos Acrissius
Danae daughter
goes to delphi asks if he’ll have a son?
daughter will have a son who will kill you
built a house of bronze and sunk it
shower of gold - Danae became pregnant
tried to hide Perseus
cast them out into sea in a chest
giant wave -> onto shore of island
found by a fisherman
took them in with his wife good people
raised them as their own children
taught perseus fishing
polydektes king brother
fell in love with danae
wanted to get rid of perseus
kill gorgons
invited perseus to wedding feast
perseus had no gift, declared he’d bring gorgon’s head (medusa)
went to go kill her
didn’t tell mother
turn to stone
told him he was under protection of gods
Hermes and Athena helped
Hermes - must be properly equipped
nymphs of the north
must ask grey women
one eye to share, old, shriveled
steal eye, trade for directions
sword that can’t be bent or broken
athena - polished shield to look at gorgon’s with
traveled to grey women
took eye from women
gave him directions
sailed to land of the hyperboeans
feasted
hermes showed him the way because impossible to reach without help
3 gifts
winged sandals, magic wallet, invisible hat
athena told him which one was medusa
beheaded medusa
other two woke up as put head into bag
found andromeda
casseiopaiea mother boasted about her daughter
should sacrifice andromeda to sea monster
she was on ledge
perseus chopped off its head
asked parents to marry her
took her back
dictus’ wife died
dictus and danae hid in temple
perseus heard about banquet of king
entered banquet hall
took out medusa’s head
everyone turned to stone
easy to find mother and dictus
dictus-> king
sail back to greece to reconcile with acrissius but he’d fled
athletic contest
discus perseus threw hit accrissius in crowd and killed him
live happily ever after
their son electrion grandfather of hercules
medusa’s head -> athena
part of her aegis

differences
island
polydektes takes them in not dictus
gorgons and grey women siblings
eye and one tooth to share
defeats atlas, turned him to stone out of pity
hat of darkness belongs to
underground house - tower
zeus turns into a sunny field
sickle belonged to cronos
perseus and andromeda -> constellations
dionysus kills perseus

themes:
don’t enrage the gods
hubris
don’t try to avoid prophecies
discus death


*** sorry about any misspellings...