CLASS102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Gorgon, Pinene, Penuel
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Perseus origins quisiul (king of argos) warnedby an oracle thathis daughter danae"s son would kill him . he locked herin a bronze chamber. Zeus loved her ,visited her in theform of a golden shower . perseus (acvisiul refusedto believ this was zeus. " acrisiul put bothin a obdt and floated them to theisland of ieriphos , where fishermen (dictys) found it and rescued them. Polydates polydecks (brothe of dictys (king of seriphos)fell in loveto dienae ,who refused him he summoned all men in the kingdom tobring him a horse as a gift. Perseus bragged he could bring the head of a gorgon ,polydeath ordered him to do so penuel wandered in distress, hermesand athena offered advice (lone jattathena) 3 daughter of phorcyst ceto ,listen of gorgons , old women , i eye, i tooth.