Andromeda

Perseus Perseus was a great hero born of Denae and Zeus. The story of Perseus is that one day King Acrisius visited an oracle because he only had a daughter and he wanted a son. The oracle told him hat his daughter, Denae, would have a son, but the catch was that the son would kill King Acrisius. Acrisius grew angry and locked Denae in a tower with no way for anyone to reach her. One day Zeus saw her from Mount Olympus and visited her. He then made Denae pregnant with her baby boy. They…

In the beginning of the movie Clash of the Titans 2010 a movie about how Perseus the son of Zeus goes on an adventure to help find a way to stop Hades from Releasing the Kraken and prevent it from releasing havoc on earth. In the beginning of the film we see a fisherman finds a coffin with a live baby Perseus with his dead mother inside it, he and wife decide to raise Perseus as their own even when Perseus gets a little older and discovers they’re going to have a baby of their own and is afraid…

Michael Crichton, I know when I say the name it most likely brings up images of Jurassic Park, Andromeda Strain, and maybe even Westworld, which was the first movie to ever use computer generated images (also known as CGI). Not to take away from any of those movies, but in this case I would like to talk about The 13th Warrior. That being the title of the movie, the novel was originally titled, Eaters of the Dead, published March 1976. This is one of the reasons I chose this story marking it’s…

The 12 Stages of the Archetypal Hero’s Journey, How They Relate to the Stories of Jason and Perseus Jason’s Story 1. Ordinary World – In the beginning, Jason is introduced to us as a man “shod with only a single sandal”, when he returns to his rightful kingdom. 2. Call to Adventure – When Jason pursues Pelias to release the “sovereign sceptre and the throne” to him, Pelias replies that if Jason first goes on a quest to retrieve the Golden Fleece, the kingdom will be his. 3. Refusal of the…

“Being a hero doesn’t mean you’re invincible. It just means that you’re brave enough to stand up and do what’s needed” (Riordan, ) We all know what life is like today and how our beliefs impact us, but in order to fully understand how we have gotten to here, we need to understand our origins and how we got here. In turn, we need to examine the myths and legends of our ancestors. The ancient Greeks are a great example of how we were able to exceed expectations. The Greeks believed in many gods…

Many stories that are famous today originated from past legends of greek mythology, so let’s take a closer look at the popular Percy Jackson series. In the book, The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, the quest plotline, perfect hero archetype, and the good vs. evil theme have been modernized from the myth “Danaüs, Perseus, and the Gorgon” by Edgar Parin D'aulaires. Devising the quest plotline was the heroes protecting their mother, help from gods (and goddesses), they kill the same monster, and…

Among the vast variety of American fiction novelists, Michael Crichton is one of the most widely known and critically praised. Crichton has written some of the most popular works of fiction in the past few decades; Jurassic Park, Congo and Sphere to name a few. Michael also directed many films and television series, wrote speeches and even developed a video game. Michael Crichton was born October 23rd 1942 in Chicago Illinois. His parents were John Henderson Crichton and Zula Crichton. He was…

Perseus: The Legendary Assassin Greek Mythology has paved a path into different theories and perspectives in our ancestors. It’s a culture in which people believe in different gods goddesses sons and daughters myths. Perseus was one of the greatest and oldest pan-Hellenic heroes of Greek mythology. (Greek Mythology) Perseus was born from his father Zeus and his mother Danae. King Acrisius, Danae’s father, set Perseus and his daughter out to sea because of a prophecy that Perseus would kill…

charted by Ptolemy in the second century. In Greek mythology, Perseus was the son of Zeus. Perseus is most famous for killing Medusa the Gorgon with Pegasus. Perseus also is known for saving. Princess Andromeda from Poseidon's sea monster Cetus. Perseus directly borders the constellations Andromeda, Cassiopeia, and Cepheus, who all make up the Royal Family in the…

You were born into the most privileged of lives. A daughter of two wealthy Purebloods. You were their first child and, unless a boy came along, you would be their heir. It was your duty to be everything they needed from their child, to bring honor to your family name and to be the perfect Pureblood girl. That meant that you did as you were told without question, you never so much as looked at someone who was not Pure and you most certainly never let the outside world see a single flaw. At home…