Perseus And Atlas: Summary

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Perseus faced a lot of problems in this story. One of his affair was that he had too much confidence and he was cocky. When he had medusa's head he gained a lot of confidence that he can do whatever he wanted with the head. In the story after Perseus got medusa's head he tried to use it on Atlas. Atlas was one of the original titans he is the titan that held the earth in place. Perseus wanted some golden apples but it was guarded by Atlas. Atlas had made walls to guard the golden apples. When Atlas saw medusa's head he was petrified and turned into a very tall mountain. He had trees coming out of his beard and his legs turned into enormous

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