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Perseus' story starts when his grandfather locks his mother away because he 

hears a prophecy that says his grandson will kill him. Perseus' grandfather is 

so terrified as if Perseus is a god so to prevent this his daughter from getting  

pregnant he locks Perseus' mother away so she can not get pregnant but Zeus 

impregnates his mother, thus leading to the birth of Perseus as a Demi-god 

and is wise like a human and stronger and superior like an actual god. 

Perseus' grandfather finds out that Perseus is the child of Zeus but since he 

believes Perseus will kill him he wants Perseus to die but cant kill him his sel

f because Zeus will be angry. Due to what Zeus may do, Perseus' grandfather 

sends Perseus off to sea and if the sea kills him it will not be because of his 

grandfather so he can not be of blame for the death of Perseus and Zeus wont 

be angry. After a long journey Perseus' ship lands on an island and meets a 

fisherman with smooth skin like a babies bottom and golden locks like Clay 

Matthews who takes him and his mother in as if they were kin.

Many years go by before the story picks up. A king by the name of 

Polydectes wants to marry Perseus' mother. Polydectes had a huge banquet 

d at that banquet Polydectes ordered his people to give a gift but Perseus 

didn’t have a gift to give so Perseus is told by Polydectes he can be let off 

the hook for the price of a gorgon named Medusa’s head. This was not an 

easy task for Perseus since Medusa can make a man as stiff as a rock in a 

blink of the human eye. Perseus knew it was a deadly task but he accepted 

it anyway because he knew that he must be a man of his word like a 

Greek god named Athena.

To be able to kill Medusa he was sent on a wild goose chase 

to seek help from nymphs named Hesperides but must get 

directions from Graea, sisters of the Gorgons, and he takes 

their eye as if was ransom to get directions. When the reach 

the Hesperides he receives a knapsack from the 

Hesperides to contain Medusa head, Zeus gives him an 

admantine sword, Hades gives him a helm of darkness to 

hide, Hermes lends Perseus winged sandals to fly, while

 Athena gives him a polish shield to use as his eyes.

Perseus approaches the Gorgons lair and to his luck all 3 of the Gorgons 

are asleep. To be safe Perseus slowly approaches Medusa using his 

polished shield as his eyes. When we carefully slices at Medusa's neck 

Stheno and Euryale are awake by the scream of agony from Medusa. Due 

to the helms of darkness Perseus is able to disappear into the darkness 

like a ninja. When Perseus returns to Polydectes kingdom Polydectes is 

astonished as if he has just seen a ghost. Perseus holds Medusa head 

to Polydectes and in the center square of the Kindgom Polydectes is turnt 

into a stone everyone is staring at Perseus as if he has just returned from 

a war. This is the story of how Perseus became a hero. 

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