Perseus: The Hunt for Medusa's Head [A Greek Myth]
An Unexpected Visit LONG YEARS AGO IN THE LAND OF GREECE A YOUNG HERO NAMED PERSELS FOUND HIMSELF FACED WITH A TERRIBLE TASK HE KNEW THAT IF HE ACCOMPLISHED WHAT HE WAS SETTING OUT TO DO HIS FAME WOULD LAST FOR AGES THAT IS IF HE Survived
YOU SEEM TROUBLED PERSEUS WHO a ly ATHENA BUT WHAT BRINGS THE GODDESS OF WISDOM AND SKILL IN BATTLE TO THE ISLAND OF SERIPHUS D YOUR NEED PERSEUS YOU HAVE PROMISED TO BRING KING POLYDECTES THE HEAD OF MEDUSA THE GORGON TO DO SO You WILL NEED HELP YES POLYDECTES TRICKED ME BUT I MUST KEEP MY WORD STAND PERSEUS HOW AND LET YOUR SPIRITS RISE TOO I BRING YOU GIFTS THAT WILL HELP You IN YOUR QUEST
MEDuSA IS A HIDEOUS CREATURE AND HER VERY GAZE CAN TURN YOU TO STONE LOOK ONLY AT HER REFLECTION IN THIS SHIELD AND YOU WILL BE SAFE THE SICKLE IS FORMED OF ADAMANTINE STRONGEST OF SUBSTANCES WITH it you CAN STRIKE OFF HER HEAD WITH ONE STROKE IT IS A GIFT FROM HERMES MESSENGER OF THE GODS AS ARE THE WINGED SANDALS THAT WILL LET YOU FLY SWIFTLY OVER THE LONG MILES OF YOUR JOURNEY THE HELMET BELONGS TO HADES LORD OF THE UNDER WORLD WHEN YOU LOWER IT OVER YOUR FACE YOU WILL BE INVISIBLE AND LAST A MAGIC SATCHEL IN WHICH You CAN SAFELY CARRY THE HEAD WITH THESE GIFTS I CANNOT FAIL THAT IS IF I KNEW WHERE TO FIND MEDUSA EVEN I CANNOT TELL YOU THAT BUT I KNOW WHO CAN L GRATEFUL FOR HER HELP PERSEUS LISTENED CLOSELY TO ALL ATHENA HAD TO TELL HIM amento BUT TO UNDERSTAND WHY THE GODS TOOK AN INTEREST IN PERSEUS IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THE STORY OF HIS birth
THE CRUELTY of two KINGS O YEARS BEFORE AN ORACLE HAD TOLD KING ACRISILS OF ARGOS THAT HE WOULD DIE AT THE HANDS OF HIS GRANDSON NL WANNAN TO KEEP THAT FROM HAPPENING HE HAD A TALL TOWER BUILT TO lock away HIS BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER DANAE THOUGH DANAE PLEADED WITH HER FATHER NOT TO SHUT HER IN THE TOWER HE WAS CONVINCED IT WAS THE ONLY WAY TO KEEP THE PROPHECY FROM COMING TRUE GRAka EXCEPT FOR THE KING ONLY WOMEN WERE ALLOWED IN THE TOWER TO BRING THE PRINCESS WHAT SHE NEEDED THE KING's C PLAN SEEMED FOOLPROOF WITH NO MEN COMING NEAR HER SHE WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO BEAR A child
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