Perseus Greek Son of the god Zeus and Danae; husband of Andromeda; father of Perses; slayer of the Gorgon Medusa.

« Perseus slew Medusa and cut off her head, which he carefully stowed in his leather bag.

From the blood of Medusa sprang Chrysaor and the winged horse, Pegasus, children of Medusa and the sea god, Poseidon. Perseus and Andromeda - Mythology.

With Medusa’s head in his leather bag, Perseus set off on his winged sandals to take the head to King Polydectes of Seriphos. As he flew along the coast, he saw a beautiful woman chained to a rock, weeping.

She was Andromeda, daughter of King Cepheus of Ethiopia, in northeast Africa, and of Cassiopeia.

Perseus saved Andromeda from being devoured by a sea monster.

He uncovered the head of Medusa and turned the monster to stone. Perseus and Andromeda fell in love and decided to marry.

At the wedding feast, Perseus defeated another suitor of Andromeda, Phineus, by using the Gorgon’s head to turn Phineus and his soldiers into an army of stone. Perseus and Polydectes - Mythology.

When Danae and her infant son Perseus were cast adrift in a wooden box on the Aegean Sea, they were rescued by a fisherman, Dictys, and taken to the court of King Polydectes. Polydectes and Dictys (who may have been the brother of the king) took good care of the mother and child.

As the years went by, Polydectes became enamored of Danae.

To get the son out of the way, Polydectes sent Perseus on the quest to bring back the head of Medusa.

Danae was protected from the amorous king by Dictys.

They took refuge in a temple. Polydectes amassed an army and went after them. Perseus came to the rescue and turned the king and his soldiers into stone, again using the head of Medusa. Dictys became the new king of Seriphos.

Perseus, Danae, and Andromeda returned to Argos, the birthplace of Perseus. Perseus and Acrisius - Mythology.

After Perseus had killed Medusa and turned Polydectes to stone, he and his wife, Andromeda, and his mother, Danae, returned to Argos. The now aging King Acrisius, who had long ago set his daughter and her infant son adrift, fled the arrival of Perseus, the young hero, remembering an ancient prophecy that said a son of Danae would kill Acrisius.

But he could not escape his fate.

Acrisius went to Larissa, where games were being held.

Perseus also attended the games.

Perseus threw a discus that went awry and hit Acrisius, who died from the blow.

Thus the prophecy that Acrisius would be killed by a son of Danae was fulfilled.. »