Perseus

civil war after her father’s death. However, she does not care how many people die, as long as she gets what she wants. In Perseus, Perseus is eager to become a hero and volunteers to kill Medusa. Medusa has not committed any sin against him or his family but he murders her anyways, “striking off the monster head as a boy whips off the head of a dandelion in the field” (127). Perseus kills this supposed monster because of rumors, which were probably propaganda from Poseidon. He does not take…

titans Zeus, Poseidon, and hiatus. Zeus own the sky and heaven, Poseidon control the sea, and Hiatus is left ruling the underworld. Hiatus has given birth to the kraken and Zeus gave birth .to a child that would change the world and his name was Perseus. At a young age he question that his parents won't love him anymore because he is not by blood and lived as a fisherman. Call To Adventure When the people took down the statue of Zeus it summon Hiatus and killed the people and Perseus's parent…

Zeus then wailed “Oh my, I will kill that sore loser, I will cut his tongue off, all his fingers, then he will boil in his own heated blood. Ares, come here!” Ares is Zeus’ son. Ares is the god of war. “Son, Ares, I need you to bring me Poseidon and Perseus, bring Poseidon alive.” Demanded Zeus. “Dad, what happened, where are they?” questioned Ares. “In Poseidon’s ocean floor palace. “If you wish to take the warriors along with you,” stated Zeus. And so it began, “The war of the Sea. Ares…

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 the evil suitor is killed similarly. The perfect hero archetype the…

Greek mythology that I curious about ever since I watched ‘Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief’, which is where I was introduced to Medusa. From the information from the ancient history encyclopedia, saying that the myth of Medusa and Perseus is messed up is an understatement. What made the Greek gods think that it was okay to impregnate the Greek women and trick someone into beheading someone just to flirt with their mom behind their back?…

Storytelling has been an activity since the beginning of early civilization. With their stories people were able to convey messages as well as lessons that are better told than experienced. The Greeks were no different when it came to storytelling and as their religion came to develope so did many great stories of gods and heroes. These stories reflected ideas circulating through the culture on topics of morals as well as an explanation for how the world came to be. Greek people were very…

The poem “Medusa” by Carol Ann Duffy from her collection The World’s Wife is connected to the Greek story of Medusa who was killed by Perseus, a Greek hero, by using the a reflecting surface. Carol Ann Duffy’s poem is written in the perspective of Medusa. How could the text be read and interpreted differently by two different readers? The interpretation of the poem might vary depending on the age social status, gender, culture and the time period in which the text was read in. The variation of…

Greek Mythology gave a reason behind everything that the Greeks could see, feel, and what they had to do to survive. The Gods and Goddesses gave them a feeling of protection from the things they didn’t understand. They gave the mortals someone to believe no matter what the situation was. Myths gave a reason and story behind the things around them, and why the things were the way were. The ancient Greeks believed that in the beginning there was only Chaos, but out of the empty void, Erebus,…

but this paper will focus on comparing the representation of Peter Paul Rubens’ The Head of Medusa to the retelling in Ovid. Ovid tells the story slightly out of order, since he is recounting it from the perspective of the one who slayed Medusa, Perseus. To put the tale chronologically, Medusa was once a beautiful maiden, wanted by many men. It was said that her best attribute was her hair. Poseidon raped her in Athena’s temple, and Athena punished Medusa for this act by turning Medusa and her…

all present in the three stories, Clash of the Titans, Little Snow-White and Rapunzel. Heroes are always a huge part of every story or movie, and this is the case in both Clash of the Titans and Rapunzel. In Clash of the Titans, Perseus would be considered a…