Learn about the story of the Greek hero Perseus, including his birth, the prophecy about his life, and his slaying of Medusa. See also the full...
Medusa is both terrifying and sympathetic in the poem, a woman transformed into a monster by her anger over her husband's affairs. The poem points to the destructive potential of jealousy and rage, and to the way that men use women, only to discard them when they're no longer young and...
Hermes, god of mischief, gave Perseus a magical looking glass that allowed him to see the monster without meeting her gaze. Defeating Medusa When Perseus met the Graea, he took the single eye they shared and demanded three treasures in exchange for its return: helmet that could make him ...
Perseus, a young man who slays an infamous gorgon known to many as Medusa. This heroic tale depicts a youthful male eagerly accepting a challenge and conquering fear; perhaps even finding a woman to marry. Quite impressive for someone born in a floating brass chest. To the eyes of many, ...
Where Medusa's blood landed on the ground, two creatures sprang up: Chrysaor and Pegasus. Ovid doesn't tell us anything about Chrysaor, though according to tradition he was either a giant or a winged boar. Pegasus was a winged horse. That's the end of the first part of Perseus's story...
Acrisius of Argos also objects to the divinity of Bacchus, as well as denying the divinity of Perseus, and in revenge Perseus uses the head of the snake-haired Gorgon Medusa to fill Acrisius’ land with serpents born from drops of her blood. He then turns the Titan Atlas into stone, an...
Larry Bond and Andy Doty The Admiralty Trilogy 2012 Standard Damage Point Summary by Larry Bond and Andy Doty Many of us are familiar with the story of USS Laffey (DD-724), a Sumner-class destroyer that withstood multiple kamikaze attacks during the battle of Okinawa and kept on fighting. ...
(Ian Whyte), joins Perseus's group. The Djinn want to see the gods' wish for destruction fail. The heroes arrive at Garden of Stygia, learning from the Stygian Witches that the head of the Gorgon Medusa (Natalia Vodianova) could kill the Kraken, but that Perseus and his group will die...