The Great Perseus

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The Great Perseus Name: Raymond G. Period: 4 Mythology Research Paper Perseus is the son of Danae and Zeus. So that means that Perseus is a Demi-god. The reason why is because he is half mortal (human) and half god. The reason why I choose Perseus for my paper was because he was the person who slayed the evil Medusa. This all started when Danae was locked up in a bronze tower by her father, king Acrisius. The reason why her father locked her in a tower was because Danaeś father was prophesized by an Oracle that his daughter son would kill him. Once he locked Danae in a Bronze tower there was where Zeus impregnates Danae with a golden ray of light. When King Acrisius found out that his daughter was pregnant. He knew that something would have to be done if he didn't want the prophecy to become fulfilled. So what he next did was that he locked Danae and Perseus in her womb in a chest and set them off in the sea. There was where Danae and Perseus received help from Perseus, god of the sea. He helped them by drifting them to the shores of the island Seriphos, where Polydectes was king. They were fished out by the kingś brother, which was a fisherman named Dictys. Perseus grew up a strong young man. Polydectes heard about Danae and he wanted Danae to marry him. But Danae rejected him, and if it wasn’t for Perseus to protect her Polydectes would have married his mother. So Polydectes angrily came up with a plan to get rid of Perseus. The plan was that Polydectes would pretend to marry a daughter of a friend of his. Everybody had to bring a present, including his newly enemy (Perseus). At the somewhat reception Perseus showed up empty handed to the reception. So Polydectes pretended to be furious because Perseus came empty-handed, even though he was strong and brave, but he was really poor. Perseus furious too said to king Polydectes, “I can bring you any

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