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    1) King Acrisius imprisons his daughter Danae to prevent a prophecy that her son will kill him. However, Zeus visits Danae and she gives birth to Perseus. 2) Perseus and Danae are cast into the sea but survive, washing ashore where King Polydectes wants Danae and tasks Perseus with killing the gorgon Medusa. 3) Hermes advises Perseus to get special equipment from the Nymphs, including winged sandals. He obtains a sword, shield and helmet to help defeat Medusa by looking at her reflection instead of directly at her face.

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    1) King Acrisius imprisons his daughter Danae to prevent a prophecy that her son will kill him. However, Zeus visits Danae and she gives birth to Perseus. 2) Perseus and Danae are cast into the sea but survive, washing ashore where King Polydectes wants Danae and tasks Perseus with killing the gorgon Medusa. 3) Hermes advises Perseus to get special equipment from the Nymphs, including winged sandals. He obtains a sword, shield and helmet to help defeat Medusa by looking at her reflection instead of directly at her face.

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    1) King Acrisius imprisons his daughter Danae to prevent a prophecy that her son will kill him. However, Zeus visits Danae and she gives birth to Perseus. 2) Perseus and Danae are cast into the sea but survive, washing ashore where King Polydectes wants Danae and tasks Perseus with killing the gorgon Medusa. 3) Hermes advises Perseus to get special equipment from the Nymphs, including winged sandals. He obtains a sword, shield and helmet to help defeat Medusa by looking at her reflection instead of directly at her face.

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    Perseus and Medusa

    By Denice Isidro
    King Acrisius of Argos has a stunningly beautiful daughter but wants a son, so he prays to the
    gods. The prophecy tells him not only that Acrisius will never have a son, but also that the son of
    his daughter will kill him. The only way to fully prevent this prophecy would be to kill his
    daughter, Danae, but Acrisius fears what the gods would do to him. Instead, he imprisons Danae
    in a bronze house without a roof and guards her carefully.

    Arcisius does not expect, however, that Zeus will come to her and lay with her. Thus, Perseus is
    born, and after Acrisius discovers the baby, Perseus and Danae was casted in the ocean because
    he was afraid of being punished by Zeus if he was to kill them. Luckily (or thanks to Zeus), they
    are washed up on a small island where the King Polydectes, falls in love with Danae and decides
    to get rid of her son. Polydectes revises a plan that if all the men and women who has no fine gift
    will be sent out of his kingdom. Then Perseus convinces the king to kill the Medusa, a horrifying
    beast with snakes for hair. But this feat seems impossible because whoever looks at the snakes
    will turn instantly to stone.

    Medusa was one of the most beautiful and a priestess to the goddess Athena. Athena said that no
    man can ever touch her because she must remain a virgin. However, Poseidon, the God of the
    Sea, wants Medusa that he silently went to the temple to lay on Medusa. Thus making Athena
    mad, she turns Medusa into a horrifying monster with snakes as her hair, and those who look
    straight to her eyes will suddenly turn into stone.
    Hermes gives Perseus guidance. He tells Perseus that to fight the Medusa, Perseus will need
    special equipment from the Nymphs of the North. Their location is a mystery, and Perseus must
    ask the Gray Women, three sisters who live in a gray land and are gray themselves. They share
    only one eye among the three, and they alternate using it. Before Perseus sets out to find them,
    Hermes gave him the winged sandals which will help him travel.
    Perseus finds the Gray Women and steals the eyeball, holding it hostage in exchange for the
    location of the Nymphs of the North. Perseus traveled there, where he finds a land of happy
    people, always banqueting and celebrating. They give him his three gifts: The Sword of Zeus,
    The Shield of Athena and The Helmet of Hades
    Perseus killed Medusa by walking backwards slowly, because he knew that he will turn into
    stone if he had her with a head on battle. So as she saw Medusa, he quickly hid, and afterwards
    closes his eyes and swung his sword and finally off with Medusa’s head
    When he returns to the island, he discovers that the wedding was about to start. Just in time,
    Perseus called the king and as he looked at the eyes of Medusa, they all started to turn into stone
    including Acrisius which was also in the ceremony

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