CLS 250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Serifos, Acrisius, Gorgon
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Perseus: first important hero of argos, great grandfather (abas) with twin sons (proetus and acrisius ) Orcale told that daughters son would kill acrisius. Acrisius locked her away in (variations) a gold underground chamber or a tower. Zeus loved her and entered her room as a shower of gold and layed with her: perseus. Discovered at age 4 and king put him and mother in chest and into sea. Fell in love with danae who refused him. He held a banquet where all leading men of the island had to present him with a horse. Perseus claims he could easily give the gorgon"s head as he could a horse. Perseus wanders to a remote part of seriphos. Hermes and athena come to help him with advice: unusual that two gods are helping him and this might be a combination of variations in the original myth. Gorgons: north africa, 3 1 mortal: medusa.
