Perseus Mythology Powerpoint
Perseus
Birth
• The king of Argos, named Acrisius, went to an oracle because he was upset about not having a son. This oracle foresaw that his daughter, Danae, would have a son with Zeus that would one day kill him. To keep Danae from having children,
Acrisius locked her in a bronze tower. One day,
Zeus came to her and turned the prison into a field of flowers. When Acrisius saw light coming from the tower, he ordered his men to tear down a wall and found Danae with a baby on her lap.
Furious that the prophecy was coming true, he locked Danae and Perseus into a wooden chest and threw them in the sea.
What makes Perseus a hero?
• Perseus killed the gorgon Medusa after being challenged to do so by Polydectes, a king that had planned on marrying his mother. Hermes and
Athena gave him gifts to keep him safe while fighting Medusa, who was an evil woman with snakes for hair that turned people to stone whenever they looked at her. He killed her using a sickle from Hermes while she slept and used the reflection from a shield given to him by Athena to see Medusa so that he wouldn’t turn to stone.
Relationships
• On his journey back to Seriphus, Perseus found a woman chained to a rock. When asking her why she was chained, he learned that Poseidon had been angered by her mother and that she was to be killed by a sea monster. Perseus turned the monster to stone using Medusa’s head and returned the woman, named Andromeda, to her father. When he asked Andromeda’s father for her hand, he immediately complied. Perseus and
Andromeda later had a several children, one of them being Electryon, who was the grandfather of Heracles. Heracles later became the strongest man in the world.
Characteristics
• Perseus is said to be kind and brave, as well as very intelligent.
• Perseus is also said to be very handsome, because the Gods always took favor on him and helped him fight his battles.
Myths
• When Perseus had just cut off
Birth
• The king of Argos, named Acrisius, went to an oracle because he was upset about not having a son. This oracle foresaw that his daughter, Danae, would have a son with Zeus that would one day kill him. To keep Danae from having children,
Acrisius locked her in a bronze tower. One day,
Zeus came to her and turned the prison into a field of flowers. When Acrisius saw light coming from the tower, he ordered his men to tear down a wall and found Danae with a baby on her lap.
Furious that the prophecy was coming true, he locked Danae and Perseus into a wooden chest and threw them in the sea.
What makes Perseus a hero?
• Perseus killed the gorgon Medusa after being challenged to do so by Polydectes, a king that had planned on marrying his mother. Hermes and
Athena gave him gifts to keep him safe while fighting Medusa, who was an evil woman with snakes for hair that turned people to stone whenever they looked at her. He killed her using a sickle from Hermes while she slept and used the reflection from a shield given to him by Athena to see Medusa so that he wouldn’t turn to stone.
Relationships
• On his journey back to Seriphus, Perseus found a woman chained to a rock. When asking her why she was chained, he learned that Poseidon had been angered by her mother and that she was to be killed by a sea monster. Perseus turned the monster to stone using Medusa’s head and returned the woman, named Andromeda, to her father. When he asked Andromeda’s father for her hand, he immediately complied. Perseus and
Andromeda later had a several children, one of them being Electryon, who was the grandfather of Heracles. Heracles later became the strongest man in the world.
Characteristics
• Perseus is said to be kind and brave, as well as very intelligent.
• Perseus is also said to be very handsome, because the Gods always took favor on him and helped him fight his battles.
Myths
• When Perseus had just cut off