First of all, this paper will discuss the Greek myth of Perseus and Medusa and two recent films that deal with stories of Greek gods and demigods, Percy Jackson and Clash of the Titans. Percy Jackson is a modern day story that involves the son of Poseidon and his adventures while Clash of Titans is set in ancient Greek times and tells the story of Perseus, the son of Zeus and Danae, a mortal woman. (Morales, 1999). Next, this paper will compare these two films and discuss the original Greek myths that these films come from. Eventually, this paper will also compare the original movie of Clash of Titans and the modern day version of the same movie.

We can see the origin of planets’ name by the fact that our solar system is closely connected with Greek and Roman mythology. For example, Jupiter is Zeus, the king of the gods, the largest planets in the solar system. (Arnett, 2010a) Zeus needs to have the strongest power of all and huge authority because he has to command other gods, so in our solar system it must be the biggest. In addition Zeus will play a big role in all of the stories that I will discuss, so it is useful to remember these qualities. In Percy Jackson, we also meet Poseidon, who is the father of Percy Jackson,

Our solar system is closely connected with Greek and Roman mythology. For example, the planets are named for Greek gods. (Hamilton, 2009). In this paper, my interest is in the three brothers who are the three most powerful gods in Greek mythology. Jupiter is Zeus, the king of the gods and the largest planet in the solar system. In Clash of the Titans, Zeus fights with his brother, Hades, who is the Lord of the Underworld. The planet Pluto is from the Roman name for Hades, because the farthest from the Sun. (Arnett, 2010d) In Percy Jackson, the third brother, Poseidon, who is the god of the oceans, has an important role, and the Roman name for Poseidon is Neptune. Neptune also has an irregular orbit which is like the waves of the ocean. Neptune is a blue colored planet which is the color of the sea. (Arnett, 2010c) These 3 gods are important characters

The moons of Jupiter are named for wives, lovers and conquests of Zeus and include Io, Europa, Callisto and Ganymede. (Hamilton, 2009). Zeus had many lovers and conquests and our story of Perseus begins with one of those lovers, Danae. (Coats, 2002). Not represented in the solar system, however, is the main character and his modern day equivalent is represented by a constellation named after him, Perseus. Perseus is a demigod, which is a child between an immortal god and a human being.

The god Hermes is not in the Perseus myth, but he is important for Percy Jackson. The planet Mercury comes from Hermes, who is the god of commerce, travel and thievery in Roman mythology, and has that name because it moves so quickly over the sky. (Arnett, 2010b) He also plays a role as a messenger of gods. In the movie, Percy Jackson, Luke, who is the son of Hermes, steals the lightning bolt, which is Zeus’ supreme weapon. He is also a demigod like Percy Jackson. In addition he gives a pair of winged shoes to Percy Jackson. (Columbus, 2010). However this is very different from the original myths but actually Perseus received it from Stygian Nymphs. Besides this, there’re really some different points against the myths, and it is very interesting to compare them. And later we need to view the differences between the original Greek myths and the three films that focused on the two demigod heroes, who are Perseus and Percy Jackson.

Meanwhile Pluto is Hades, the god of the underworld and the planet Pluto is named that because it is the furthest distance from the sun of all the planets. This shows that Pluto has an evil, dark image against the sun and actually Hades in the Greek myths plays a villain in both the myth and the movie.

Comparing Greek and Japanese mythology
In Greek mythology, Greek gods have children with human beings and the children are called demigods, which is the half blood between gods and human beings. However in Japanese gods, they don’t exist, which is said to be one of great differences. The modern movies described demigods as superheroes is “Clash of the Titans” and “Percy Jackson”, the characters in those films, both Perseus and Percy Jackson are demigods.

When we look at Japanese myths, we see various gods, but they rarely, if ever, meet or confront humans. However, in the mythology of Greece, the gods and goddesses not only met humans, they often had children with them and gave them advice about what to do or challenged them and fought them. In this paper, I will introduce one famous Greek myth, the myth of Perseus, who was the son of Zeus and a mortal woman, Danae. Perseus is therefore a ‘demigod’, which means a mixed blood child between a god and a human being.

A Japanese myth that gives us an idea of how Japanese view gods is the story of Amaterasu. Amaterasu is the Japanese sun goddess and she was given the position over the sky. In Japanese myth, the most popular myth is about Amaterasu and the cave. Amaterasu controlled the movement of the sun in the sky and, after fighting with her brother Susano, refused to come out from a cave In Takachiho, Miyazaki, there is the cave that Amaterasu, the Shinto sun goddess is said to have hid for fighting against her brother Susano. Because of her absence, it became dark throughout Japan, and every crop died off and the people suffered. The gods made every effort to return her on the sky, but she was unwilling to come out, so they decided to take advantage of the mirror. Amaterasu was fascinated by the mirror reflected her, misunderstood that it was not herself but anyone else existed there and left the cave at last. She returned the light to the sky. (Amano Iwato Shrine, 2009).

This story is very different than the Greek myths we encounter because in the Japanese myths, gods and humans don’t mix and gods and humans don’t have children but in the Greek myths, a demigod, which means a mixed blood child between an immortal god and a mortal woman, is a common notion. The story of Perseus, which is the theme of this paper, is an example of such a story.

Perseus’ story in the Greek myths

According to Robert Graves (1955), who retold the Greek myths in English, Perseus was the son of Zeus and Danae. Danae’s father, Acrisius, king of Argos, was told by a prophet that Danae would give birth to a son who would kill him. Due to that, Acrisius shut Danae up in a copper tower, which no one could enter, but Zeus, who was the king of gods and lord of the sky, turned to a shower of gold, entered the tower and Danae bore a son named Perseus, who was a demigod, child between a god and a human being. Acrisius would not believe, but it was the truth, so Acrisius locked Danae and Perseus in a wooden ark, which he threw into the sea because he didn’t want to kill his daughter. The ark drifted to the island of Seriphos, where a fisherman named Dictys caught it in his net, and found both Danae and Perseus who were still alive.

Perseus was raised by Polydects, who was the brother of the fisherman who saved them, and the kin of Seriphos, but when he wanted to marry Danae, Perseus swore to give whatever gift the King Polydects ordered, in exchange for the promise that Polydects would marry someone else. So the king tried to give Perseus an impossible quest and ordered Perseus to bring the Gorgon Medusa’s head. Medusa was changed to ugly appearance by Athena, caused by telling that she was much more beautiful than Athena. So Medusa’s appearance changed and she had serpents for hair and eyes turned anyone who looked at them to stone.

Athena, the daughter of Zeus and Metis, warned Perseus that he could not stare at Medusa directly, instead of that, would look at her by making use of her reflection, and Athena gave him a shield, called the Aegis. (Hoena, 2009). Hermes, god of thieves and commerce, the son of Zeus and Maia, one of the Olympians, also presented him a sword. In addition, Perseus still needed three more items, a pair of winged sandals, a magic bag can include the Medusa’s head, and the helmet can make him invisible. These three items were being held by the Stygian Nymphs, but the only the three sisters, of the Gorgon, who had a single eye among three, knew their whereabouts. Perseus managed to find out where they were from the sisters, then he got them from the nymphs, and he cut off the Medusa’s head by using these items with Athena’s advice.

Perseus and Andromeda

Perseus, travelling with Medusa’s head, was on his way to return home, and discovered a woman named Andromeda who was chained to a sea cliff. Andromeda was the daughter of Cepheus, the king of Ethiopia, and Cassiopeia. Queen Cassiopeia had said that Andromeda was more beautiful than the sea god Poseidon’s sea nymphs, and Poseidon, one of the Olympians, got very angry with that, and said that he would destroy the Ethiopian kingdom unless Andromeda would become a sacrifice to a sea monster. This sea monster came and Perseus defeated it using Medusa’s Head to turn the creature into stone, and he brought her back to the kingdom where he was welcomed willingly by Cepheus and Cassiopeia, who asked Perseus to marry their daughter and they immediately began the wedding ceremony.

However, Andromeda had had a suitor named Phineus, who had promised to marry her, and he attacked Perseus to stop the wedding, but he was petrified by Medusa’s head. (Hoena, 2009). Perseus then came back to Seriphos, and visited King Polydectes to present the Medusa’ head, but Polydects didn’t believe that Perseus had it, tried to kill Perseus, so he was also turned into stone. After that, Perseus and Andromeda got married, and he became the first great hero of Greece. (Graves, 1955: pp. 237-242)

First version movie Clash of the Titans in 1981

While the movies are very different from the original Greek myth, it is interesting how many points are adapted into the movies. The Story of Perseus was first made into a movie titled Clash of the Titans in 1981. In this version, the story begins in Argos. Acrisius, the king of Argos was very furious that Zeus had made his dear daughter Danae, pregnant with a son who was given the name Perseus. The honor of Acrisius was insulted by Zeus, and he had to restore his honor. However, Acrisius would not stain his own hands with the blood of his daughter, so he locked both Danae and Perseus, who were still alive, up in an ark, which he ordered to be thrown into the sea. This is the same as the myth, but unlike the myth, the movie shows that because Zeus was very angry at Acrisius’ cruel conduct, he decided to punish Acrisius and the people of Argos even though they had paid tribute and worshiped the gods. Zeus ordered Poseidon to destroy all of Argos by tidal waves and strong winds, with the exception of Danae and Perseus. And later Perseus and Danae reached the island of Seriphos, and Perseus grows into a strong young man blessed with happiness.

Another point is that the movie gives Perseus some companions. The first companion is Ammon, who is a poet, gives us information about the Greek myths and the gifts from gods, which are also very important and would be needed for Perseus. The next companion is Bobo, which is a robot shaped a bird, tells Perseus the whereabouts of the Gorgon, who has a single eye among three. However, there’re no such some companions in the original myths although Perseus gets gods’ help.

There is also a new character is introduced, Calibos, son of Thetis, the sea goddess, has a grudge against Zeus because her son Calibos was changed into an awful and ugly figure by Zeus. Calibos committed the unforgivable crime of killing the herd of flying horses that are sacred to Zeus. So he was changed into an awful figure and could only live in a swamp. In addition Calibos was going to marry to Andromeda but Andromeda refused him when he was turned into ugly figure. Thetis was upset that there was no chance for Calibos to be forgiven for his crime sand change previous figure. According to the Greek myths, there’s Thetis is not in the story of Perseus and actually she’s one of the Titans.

If he were the son of Zeus, the crime would forgive. Thetis thought that if her son was forced such a painful duty, Andromeda should also assume the same kinds of duty, and Thetis put a curse on the people who made a proposal of marriage to Andromeda. Zeus’s son was surrounded by hope, but only her son had not hope.  Moreover she swore that she let Perseus experience the horror of this world, and Perseus was thrown out into Phoenicia. Zeus gave Perseus three special items, an invisible helmet, a sword, and a shield. Then Perseus went to Andromeda to ask her to marry him, but he had to answer a riddle, which Calibos prepared. Perseus answered the question and he got her, so Calibos swore to revenge Perseus and asked his mother Thetis a help. Cassiopeia, the mother of Andromeda, said that Andromeda was more beautiful than the sea goddess Thetis. Here is a different point from the myths, and it’s not Thetis but the sea god Poseidon’s sea nymphs. So Poseidon was said that by Cassiopeia. Just then Thetis appeared, insisted thirty days later unless Andromeda would become a sacrifice to the sea monster Kraken, she would destroy the country because Cassiopeia insulted Thetis and Perseus hurt her son Calibos.

As mentioned above, in the myths, Poseidon, who was said by Cassiopeia that his sea nymphs was less beautiful than Andromeda, got angry at it, and he designated Andromeda to become a sacrifice to the sea monster. Therefore Perseus left for a dangerous quest, which was needed Medusa’ head. And finally Perseus saved Andromeda and became a great hero.

One of the major differences is that Perseus is given a companion, an old man who is a playwright. Perseus was thrown out into the Kingdom of Phoenicia by Thetis and awakes in a strange place. Then an old man who had a mask, appeared under Perseus’ eyes. When the old man heard the name Perseus, astonished, then he confessed that Perseus is the demigod whose father is Zeus, the king of the god. The purpose of this companion is to give us information that the Greek listeners of the original myth would naturally know. So, the next information we discover thru (playwright’s name) is the three gifts from Zeus, a Helmet, a bright sword and a shield. Originally, Zeus ordered that Athena and Aphrodite would give Perseus the items because Thetis was thrown out Perseus so Perseus needed to have their items. The old man insisted that the three items is special gifts from the gods.  

    New version of Clash of the Titans in 2010

The beginning is before giving birth to the stars, the Titans rule the Earth. However the dominance of the Titans come end by the three brother sons, Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades. Zeus asks Hades to make a monster for defeating their parents, and Hades creates Kraken. Zeus defeats their parents, becomes the king of the god. While Poseidon becomes the sea god and Hades is sent to the underworld, he is cheated by Zeus. Zeus creates humans, keeps eternal youth by worshiping god from humans. Time goes by, humans have prosperity and later they have a doubt about gods and challenge against gods. Perseus decided to fight as a man but he was a demigod. Zeus wanted Perseus to be a god but Perseus turned down his father’s proposal. Perseus had to kill Medusa because it was the only way that can kill the Kraken. Hades had aimed at Zeus’s position, and he wanted to kill Perseus, who was about to stop Hades’ target. Meanwhile Zeus helped Perseus and he gave a Pegasus and a sword. Finally, Perseus killed Kraken and saved Andromeda. Hades was shut up in underworld by Zeus’s help. Perseus was given Io as a companion by Zeus. Io died but was brought back to life by Zeus. Perseus decided to live as a man.

In those days, one baby boy named Perseus is born. Perseus, a demigod, is the child between immortal Zeus and mortal Danae, who is the daughter and the queen of Acrisius, the king of Argos. Acrisius is enraged by this, so he locks Danae and Perseus in a wooden ark, which he ordered to be thrown into the sea.

A fisherman named Spyros catches the ark in his net, finds Danae and Perseus, and the baby Perseus survives but Danae dies soon. Afterwards, Perseus is brought up by Spyros, as a fisherman he works and lives with Spyros, the wife Marmara peacefully.

However, one day, Perseus’s family is killed by Hades, the god of underworld. Then, he determines to take revenge against the gods. Human beings rebelled against gods and Hades insisted to Zeus that we should punish them. Hades made a promise that they released the Kraken unless Andromeda would be a sacrifice.

Here is a difference between the myths and the first movie, and it is the ringleader who designates Andromeda as a sacrifice to Kraken. In the myths, it is Poseidon, in the first movie, it is Thetis but in the second movie, it is Hades.

Io is known as Jupiter’s moon in the solar system and Io appears in the second version movie as a companion of Perseus. She is the angel of Perseus, indicates where to go for Perseus, and takes an important position. In the original movie, Io doesn’t appear but her role is filled by the old playwright Amon, who has a detailed knowledge about the Greek myths and gives information that Perseus would need.

Percy Jackson and the Olympians, the Lightning Thief

I will now discuss the movie Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, a modern version of the Perseus myth. In the first three stories, the demigod knows that his father is Zeus. However, in this story, the father’s identity is a mystery. The movie is based on Rick Riordan’s novel, The Lightning Thief (2005) and all the pages numbers refer to this edition.

There are a number of points that are different and the first point would be that even though Percy Jackson is a demigod, his father is Poseidon rather than Zeus. This makes the story more interesting because

Percy Jackson is being raised by his mother and just like the Greek myths and Percy is willing to do anything for his mother. Therefore, Percy trusts her and often tells her his worries.   

Usually, Percy is short for Percival, a name which sounds very “pinched and proper” (parenting.com, 2011) However, we learn that Percy is actually short for Perseus, and in the course of the story, we discover that he is a demigod whose father is Poseidon, the god of the sea and his mother the mortal Sally Jackson. He has dyslexia, ADHD and at first, he doesn’t know his true character and who his father is. Percy is a student who falls behind the others at Yancy Academy, a school for troubled kids in New York. He has no almost his friends, but only his friend Grover is always worried about Percy. A relaxing place he can calm down is into the water. His mother Sally is “the nicest woman” (p. 33) in the world, but she is married to Gabe, who is a jerk. Percy doesn’t understand this and dislike him.

One day, Percy’s Latin teacher, Mr. Brunner, who rides a wheelchair, takes Percy to museum for an extracurricular class about Greek gods, Percy is asked what is the name of a half-god and half-human being and he correctly answers ‘demigod’ (p. ??), and Mr. Brunner also asked about the heroes of demigods , Percy answers “Perseus”. Afterwards, math teacher Mrs. Dodds takes him to a place, which there’s no the shadow of a person. Suddenly, she changes into an awful creature, attacks Percy demanding to know where ‘it’ is. (p. ??) Percy doesn’t understand what she is talking about, just then Mr. Brunner, Grover run him, Mr. Brunner gives a pen to Percy, he says it is a powerful weapon and protects you. Mrs. Dodds runs somewhere. Mr. Brunner says Grover that Percy takes to the Camp Half-Blood. However Mr. Brunner said such a thing in the original book on page 13. “What ho, Percy!”  he shouted, and tossed the pen through the air.” (Riordan, 2005: pp. 13) Percy gave the pen from Mr. Brunner, suddenly it changed to a sword, and finally Percy defeated an awful creature and Mrs. Dodds vanished from sight.

The difference between the original book and the film

First of all, in the original book, Percy Jackson is twelve years old, but in the movie, he’s seventeen years old. Percy Jackson has known as a demigod, (a child born between a god and a human being) whose his father Poseidon, the god of the sea and his mother mortal Sally Jackson. Like the other demigod myths, Percy doesn’t know his true identity until he faces a huge challenge. In the beginning of the film, Zeus, the king of the gods and Poseidon (they turned into human size figure) talk each other on the ground we human live, but in a book, the scene doesn’t exist.

Percy and Grove leave for Percy’s house, where there’s his mother Sally. They go to a camp by car, but are obstructed by Minotaur, half man, half bull, and throw away the car they ride. Three try to run but can’t get off, then Grover starts to take off pants, the lower half of his body is goat. They managed to run but are pursued by Minotaur, Percy used a pen from Mr. Brunner, finally defeats Minotaur, but before Percy save his mother, she was nowhere to be seen, and he lost consciousness.

In the Camp Half-Blood, there are quite a few people with special ability, such as Grover is Satyr, half man, half goat, and Mr. Brunner is Chiron, half man, half horse. Percy knows that his father is Poseidon, the god of the sea, for the first time. And Percy is suspected that he is the thief who stole Zeus’s supreme weapon, the lightning bolt. According to Chiron, unless someone returns it to Zeus by two weeks later, the war starts. Percy has to prove his innocence, but before that, he needs to receive training to save himself by his own hands. Then Percy meets Annabeth, the daughter of Athena, the goddess of wisdom and Luke, the son of Hermes, the god of thief. In capture the flag, when Percy fight Annabeth, he come near to being defeated, but once he put his arm into the water, his injury perfectly cure and gives a power. In the night, Hades, the god of underworld, the awful devil, appears, and he says that he would return Percy’s mother if Percy bring the lightning bolt to him. Therefore, Percy has the quest discover the true thief stole the lightning bolt, return it to Zeus, get back his mother from Hades, and he kicks out the school, leaves for underworld with Grover and Annabeth.

Before Percy is together with Grover, who is Satyr, half man and half goat, Annabeth, who is the daughter of Athena, left for quests, Percy received a pair of winged shoes and a buckler from Luke, who is the son of Hermes. And this is different from other stories and it is an interesting point. According to the Greek myths, the Stygian Nymphs gave Perseus a pair of winged sandals, which needed as the item for escaping from pursuer after Perseus obtained the Medusa’ head. However in the previous movies, the winged horse Pegasus, a gift from Zeus, helps Perseus, so these winged sandals are actually closer to the true myth.

This movie’ peculiar point is probably how to return from the Underworld to the earth. Three pearls are needed by the wife of Hades. In the novel, first Percy and his companions have to be headed for the places where are hidden the pearls. And later if they obtain three pearls, they will be able to go to the Underworld where Hades is at last. The owner who had one of the three pearls was Medusa. Percy managed to get the one and also got her head. Then Percy defeated the dragon, which had five heads, by making use of the Medusa’ head, later also got all of three pearls and he arrived at Underworld, where Hades and his wife are. Though Hades had suspected that Percy had stolen the lightning bolt of Zeus, Percy didn’t know its whereabouts. However Percy noticed the lightning bolt in the buckler which he received from Luke. Afterwards Percy succeeded to escape from the Underworld, he tried to get through it to Mount Olympus, where the twelve Olympians, including Zeus, are, but Luke, the son of Hermes tried to stop Percy. Therefore, Percy suspected that he had some sort of dirty trick up his sleeve. And Percy’ prediction proved right. The thief who stole the lightning bolt was Luke, and his father is the god of thieves. Luke attempted to dethrone the Olympians, but Percy stopped it. Percy also stops the war between the gods and became a true hero. And later his mother Sally divorced with his cruel step-father Gabe. Finally Gabe was petrified when he opened the refrigerator, where Percy had put the Medusa’ head when he defeated Medusa, and looked at the eyes of Medusa. In the novel, ???? but in the movie ????

Conclusion

First, I didn’t know that the names of the planets in our solar system came from the Greek gods. However, I got an opportunity to know them through three movies that are related to the Greek mythology. Particularly I was very interested in a demigod, which is a child between an immortal god and a human being. Because demigods didn’t exist and gods never had kids with human beings in the Japanese myths, and it was big difference between the Greek myths and the Japanese myths.

Next, in the film, Clash of the Titans, was focused on the demigod Perseus and was described that he was a brave hero. In the movie of Percy Jackson, Percy was also described as a demigod hero. And such two heroes’ common futures were smart and took the result to home without fail. For example, Perseus made an impossible quest succeed, that he had to bring the head of Medusa, which had serpents for hair and eyes turned anyone who looked at them to stone, back to home, and finally he saved a woman named Andromeda who was chained to a sea cliff from against the sea monster Kraken by making use of the Medusa’ head. On the other hand, Percy Jackson also had the quest that would discover the true thief who stole the lightning bolt, returned it to Zeus and got back his mother from Hades. And actually Percy also made them succeed. On the basis of these things, true heroes are not only strong but also smart and the people who defeat villains and give everyone something good results without fail.

Finally, the common futures between the Perseus myth of the Greek myths and the three films of Perseus and Percy Jackson, are that there are scenes of fighting with Medusa. Medusa fills an important role of the Perseus myth. If Medusa had not been, demigod Perseus’ legend would not be handed down until today. On the contrary, if Perseus had not been, Medusa also would not. The story of Perseus is handed down from generation to generation for a very long time and the story is made into the films, are because the special existence of a demigod, a child between a god and a human being and actually fighting with each other is very interesting. Moreover Medusa makes a strong impression on us and eventually Perseus defeats villains such as Medusa and accomplishes an impossible quest that he saves a woman from against the sea monster Kraken. Therefore, from now on, the legend of a demigod Perseus will be also handed down for a long time.

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      First of all, in an original book, Percy Jackson is twelve years old, but in a movie, he’s seventeen years old. Percy Jackson has known as a demigod,( which a kid between a god and a human being, )whose his father Posiden, the god of the sea and his mother mortal Sally Jackson. Originally, Percy hadn’t know his true identity until before it was said by others. In the beginning of the film, Zeus, the king of the gods and Posiden (they turned into human size figure) talk each other on the ground we human live, but in a book, the scene doesn’t exist.

[Amaterasu controlled the movement of the sun in the sky and, after fighting with her brother Susano, [which god is he?] refused to come out from a cave] In Takachiho, Miyazaki, there is the cave that Amaterasu, the Shinto sun goddess is said to have hid for fighting against her brother Susano,. [Because of] her absence, it became dark throughout Japan, and every crop died off and the people suffered. The gods made every effort to return her on the sky, but she was unwilling to come out, so they decided to take advantage of the mirror.
Amaterasu was fascinated by the mirror reflected her, misunderstood that it was not herself but anyone else existed there and left the cave at last. She returned the light to the sky.

       Some years later, Perseus grew up, defended Danae against Polydects, who was the king of Seriphos, Dictys’s brother, brought up Perseus in his own palace, had tried to force marriage on her. Perseus swore to give whatever gift the King Polydects ordered, instead of Polydects marrying not Danae but anyone else. The king ordered Perseus to bring the Gorgon Medusa’s head, had serpents for hair, eyes which all who gazed at its were turned to stone, and Medusa were changed to such a ugly appearance by Athene, who was the goddess of wisdom, one of the Olympians, caused by telling that she was much more beautiful than Athene.

        Athene, the daughter between Zeus and Metis, warned Perseus that he would not allowed to stare at Medusa directly, instead of that, would look at her by making use of her reflection, and Athene gave him a shield, called the Aegis. Hermes, god of thieves and commerce, the son of Zeus and Maia, one of the Olympians, also presented him a sword. In addition, Perseus still must get the three items, a pair of winged sandals, a magic bag can include the Medusa’s head, and the helmet can make his whole body hide perfectly, the Stygian Nymphs had all of them, but the only three Gorgon’s sisters, who had a single eye among three, had known their whereabouts. Perseus managed to find out its from the sisters, then got them from the nymphs, and he obtained the Medusa’s head by making the best use of every items, Athene’s advice.

         Perseus, who obtained the Medusa’s head, was on his way to return home, discovered a woman chained to a sea cliff, named Andromeda, daughter of Cepheus, the king of Ethiopia, and Cassiopeia. Queen Cassiopeia had said that Andromeda was more beautiful than Poseidon’s sea nymphs, for Poseidon, who was the sea of god, one of the Olympians, got very angry with that, asserted that would destory the Ethiopian kingdom unless Andromeda would become a sacrifice against a sea monster. The monster was defeated with Medusa’s Head by Perseus, he saved her, got back her to the kingdom. Then Perseus was welcomed willingly by Cepheus and Cassiopeia, the wedding ceremony of his and Andromeda was about to start in the palace.

          Andromeda had had the man named Phineus, who had promised to marry her, the man attacked Perseus to stop the wedding, but he was petrified by making use of the Medusa’s head. Perseus then came back to Seriphos, visited King Polydectes to present the Medusa’ head, but Polydects didn’t believe that Perseus had it, tried to kill Perseus, so he was turned into stone. After that, Perseus and Andromeda got married, and became the first great Greece’s hero.

  Bibliography

  Blake A. Hoena (2009)        

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