summary of Theseus volunteer to go to Crete to be sacrificed to the Minotaur. He promised his dad that he would be on white sails not black sails. But he rides on the black sails so his father Perseus was the son of Danae and Zeus. Perseus went to see Medusa. to cut her head off. He came back with Medusa’s head‚ he used Medusa’s head to turned Phineus into stones. Theseus and Perseus are courageous and proud‚ yet it is there impulsive actions lead them into bad decisions that cause suffering Theseus
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mythology personal narrative Monstrous Medusa I am a product of a jealous goddess. I once was a beautiful maiden with beautiful‚ long‚ golden hair and golden wings. I am the youngest of the gorgons and my two older sisters are Stheno and Euryale. My mother was Ceto. My father was Phorcys. When I met Poseidon‚ he took advantage of me and took me to Athena’s temple. She was enraged by what I was doing with Poseidon. So she turned me into the monstrous Medusa who can’t look into anyone’s eyes without
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powers in the end to defeat luke (Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief. 20 Century Fox‚ 2010.‚ Christopher Columbus ) which is using brawn over brain‚ but Perceuse stuck to strategy in all of his fights like when he used his tools to kill medusa‚ to find medusa‚ and the idea to use medusa’s head to turn polydectes into stone.(D’Aulaire 198‚199‚200) Also‚ during the scene in Percy Jackson Lightning Thief When Percy fought the hydra he tried to fight the beast‚ and it was his alli grover who thought
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case‚ Polydectes wants to get rid of Perseus so he can marry Danae. Polydectes convinces Perseus to try to kill Medusa‚ an impossible feat for a mortal. The gods favor Perseus‚ however. As in most heroes‚ they usually have a magical helper. He receives a shield from Athena‚ a sword from Hermes‚ and information about the location of the nymphs‚ the only ones who know how to kill Medusa. As Hamilton points out‚ Perseus’s story is almost a fairy tale. Hermes and Athena tell Perseus almost precisely
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Percy’s meeting with Aunt Em [Medusa] made him think about staying with her and gave him a doubt with his mission and this represents the Woman as Temptress. As Aunt Em said‚ “Do not be a pawn of the Olympians‚ my dear. You would be better off as a statue. Less pain‚. Less pain.” This lines made him think about being the Gods way of hurting one another. The temptation in this part of the story was the urge to stay with Medusa because of her persuading‚ lull-like voice that tells him to abandon his
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The Clash of the Titians The call to Adventure The main character and hero in the film Clash of the Titans is Perseus‚ his departure is when he becomes forced to set to sea in sea and with nothing but a coffin and his mother‚ Danae. Soon washing ashore the island of Seriphos‚ later as Perseus grows older he receives a sign from the gods when he was shifted to the foreign world of Joppa he never new existed. Refusal of the Call Perseus cannot believe he has changed worlds‚ and suspect’s
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Extraordinary feats of courage and strength were always shown in each story‚ but one stands greater than the rest. It is about a boy who was cast into sea and lived; a boy who lived his life as a fisherman; a boy who grew up to be the man that killed Medusa‚ Perseus. There are many differences between the myth and the movie‚ specifically that Hades is not a villain‚ Acrisius and Danae are father and daughter‚ and Io has nothing to do with Perseus. As well as a few similarities‚ like Perseus saving Andromeda
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daughter’s beauty was greater than that of Poseidon’s companions. An angry Poseidon‚ sent off a sea monster to their land. The plate shows Andromeda chained up to a tree‚ the sea monster at her feet and Perseus holding the head of medusa. It is said that he used the head of medusa to turn the sea monster to stone. This piece was made for Isabella d’Este (a duchess) who was said to have an appreciation for ancient Greek and Roman art.
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The Box Jellyfish are an extremely lethal creature‚ and they also known as Boxfish‚ Sea Wasp. Fire medusa‚ or just Stinger. They are claimed to be the most venomous marine animal known to human and it has sting‚ which is often deadly. They are invertebrate and present in a rounded box shape‚ and they belong to the class Cubozoa; they are not true jellyfish‚ although they show many similar characteristics with jellyfish. I believe that the box jellyfish are the most dangerous animal in the world
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Percy Jackson was a demigod. Half god half human. His mother was Sally Jackson‚ a mortal; and his father? He was none other than Poseidon‚ ruler of the sea. But there is something that confuses some of us. Percy’s full name is Perseus‚ but Perseus is the name of a son of Zeus. So why exactly did Sally Jackson name Percy after Perseus? Wouldn’t Theseus have been a more appropriate name? Well‚ looking closely at the two heroes’ fates‚ we can figure out why. King Acrisius of Argos found out that
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