Perseus

Perpetua, a wealthy Roman and young mother, was a catechumen who was thrown into prison because she refused to make a sacrifice to the Emperor's prosperity. During her time in prison, before her trial, Perpetua was baptised and had fully converted to Christianity against the objections of her father. After her baptism, her brother told her that she had the right to ask God for a vision to show her whether her imprisonment is a passion or a deliverance. The next day, according to her vision,…

Persi Warren Diaconis was famous for being a mathematician. Diaconis did this in a special way though, he added his magic skills. He gave lessons, invented tricks, is an author, speaker, and he collected books on magic. The unusual work is part math textbook, part magic primer, and part history book, tracing how magic and math have long traveled under the same concept. Diaconis thought people wouldn't take him seriously when he said he wanted to mix magic and math together to try to solve…

Within the text “The Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicitas”, a firsthand account of the actions taken by early Christian martyrs is displayed in vivid detail. The interactions frame an insightful look into the life of a Christian who was being prosecuted, showcasing how gender and the outside world both influenced how and why Perpetua and her fellow Christians were martyred. Perpetua, the main character and narrator of this text, is a woman who refuses to give up her faith even though she is…

The Persecutor By Sergei Kourdakov The Persecutor By Sergei Kourdakov is a story about the life of a young man who led raids for secret Russian police on Christian believers, and later became a believer himself after escaping from a Navy ship near the coast of Canada. “life is the survival of the fittest. It is a jungle. The strong will live. The tough will make it. The weak will lose or die. I walked out of that room vowing that if this is how life is, I will be the toughest, the…

bring back the head of Medusa as a present for his mother on her wedding day. His grandfather, the king, was delighted at this, for Perseus was destined to kill him, but now the king thought he would surely die. “He stood up before them all and did exactly what the King had hoped he would do, declared that he would give a present better than any there,” (195). Perseus then travels to many places around Greece, before finding Hermes and Athena. They helped him on his quest, giving him shoes which…

Clash of the Titans Clash of the Titans and the story of Perseus according to the Greeks are based on the same story and share many similarities as well as differences. Although, in both versions the plot follows, for the most part, the same basic points. Perseus, the mortal son of Zeus, slays Medusa, then saves Andromeda with Medusa’s enchanted head, and lastly, kills Acrisius. First, there are vast similarities in both of these versions of Perseus’s amazing tale. In both versions, Zeus…

journey of the hero. In the Greek world there were many documented stories of heroes, one of which included the heroic acts of Perseus. Perseus underwent a series of events that proved to the Greeks that he was a hero. The story of Perseus and the style in which it was written in has had influences on the present world today and continues to be passed on through generations. Perseus was a great hero…

The myth of Perseus is about a young man trying to free his mother from a king. This king sends him to bring back the head of Medusa, a terrifying gorgon who has killed many men. He is successful in his journey and is able to free his mother, while gaining other treasures along the way. Many of the things that happen in the story align with the concepts of Karl Marx. In fact Perseus is taking a journey to regain an upper class status that he lost while a child. We can see the hints of this plot…

What causes peoples interest in the retelling of Greek myths in novels? Many teenagers relate to Achilles and Perseus. If a teacher mentions the name Perseus many teenagers think of Percy Jackson. Teenagers hear the word echo. Does Greek mythology have a myth about echo? Teenagers desire to know how echo’s definition connects back to Greek mythology. Teenagers desire to know Perseus’s motive for killing Medusa. Teenagers fancy the Hunger Games inspired by the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur.…

One amazing hero is the son of Zeus and Danaë, young demigod, Perseus of Olympia. Perseus’s intelligence, bravery and selflessness is what ultimately carries him through many adventures and makes him a hero. Perseus reveals his intelligence while visiting the Gray Sisters, his bravery when slaying Medusa to save his mother, and selflessness when saving the fair Andromeda from the horrendous sea monster. The demigod, Perseus…