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Perseus, Andromeda & Home to Argos

editor — Wed, 28 Feb 2018 17:24:00 +0000

As he passed over Ethiopia, Perseus saw a beautiful young girl tied naked to a stake beside the seashore. Even as he approached, the waves frothed and parted and a monster reared up in front of her. Perseus acted swiftly. Calling on the girl to close her eyes, he swooped down, and, averting his face, pulled out Medusa’s severed head. Immediately the monster turned to stone. Carefully replacing the head, Perseus untied the girl and heard her story. She was Andromeda, the daughter of King Cepheus and Queen Cassiopeia. Poseidon was angered when her parents boasted that she was more

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Perseus, Prince of Argos

editor — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 22:32:00 +0000

Lynceus and Hypermnestra’s grandson also feared death at a family member’s hands. Acrisius, king of Argos, received notice from the Delphic oracle that his daughter’s son would kill him His only daughter Danae was childless, so, to prevent her conceiving, Acrisius imprisoned her in a bronze-walled cell with just one window. This window was the king’s undoing. Through it Zeus glimpsed Danae and poured into the prison as a shower of golden rain, whose heavenly moisture impregnated her. Her resultant son was Perseus. Refusing to believe Danae, but reluctant to kill her, Acrisius locked her and her baby in a

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