Polydectes

hard”. By that she means you better think before you take action into consideration. Like in the story, Polydectes tried to trick Perseus to go fight one of the most hardest creatures to fight alone.     Polydectes pretended to marry the daughter of his friend. Everyone that was invited had to bring a present;however, Perseus wasn’t really that wealthy so he promised the king which was Polydectes,that he would do anything for him as a present because he couldn’t afford anything.Even though  they both

Perseus (Hamilton 147). When King Acrisius saw that Danae birthed Perseus, he locked them into a chest and they were “cast into the water” (Hamilton 147). Eventually, they reached an island and the tyrant king, Polydectes, of that island wanted to force Danae into marriage with him. Polydectes did not want Perseus as a son, so he devised a plan that he thought would surely kill Perseus.

Unfortunately, no man could defeat Medusa without aid, thus, Polydectes thought he had put the boy in a seemingly impossible situation that would result in his death. 5. How did Hermes and Athena help Perseus? Hermes informed Perseus that he needed to be armed properly before facing Medusa and that the tools he required

Perseus is the son of Zeus and Danae, Zeus is a god and Danae is just a human, which makes Perseus a Demigod. Medusa is a beautiful woman but, she has serpents on her head. People turned into stone as soon as they saw Medusa’s face. The story of Perseus and Medusa always interested me. When I saw the sculpture of Perseus holding the head of Medusa and had his sword in the other had I got interested to know more about the story of Perseus and Medusa, I have always heard the story about Perseus and

Acrisius found out that Perseus was born, he cast them away at sea in a chest. after floating for a while, they reached land where a man freed them from the chest and they lived on the island. The island’s leader, Polydectes, didn’t notice them at first until Perseus was all grown up. Polydectes fell in love with Danae but didn’t want anything to do with Perseus. So, he told him that for a wedding gift, he wanted a gorgon. Perseus agreed and set off on a journey to cut off Medusa’s

arrived to the island of Seriphos. This is where Polydectes ruled. When Polydectes learned about Danae, he had asked for her hand in marriage. When she rejected him, he could not force her to marry him because of Perseus. Polydectes then decided to compose a plan to dispose of the young man. Polydectes pretended to marry another peasant and everyone had to bring a wedding present, including poor Perseus. When Perseus arrived with no gift, Polydectes accused him of disrespecting his honor; then, Perseus

birth to a son named Perseus. King Acrisius found out and he trapped his daughter and grandson in a small chest and cast them out to sea. They were eventually found by Dictys a fisherman and brother of King Polydectes. He would’ve married Danae if Perseus had not been there. Now, King Polydectes pretended to be marrying a daughter of a friend of his and when Perseus arrived at the

brother, Dictys, rescued Perseus and his mom and took them to the island of Seriphos, where his brother, Polydectes had ruled, and freed Danae and her son. Perseus grew up to be a strong young man and the king. Polydectes had heard about Danae and had then asked for her hand in marriage, but Danae rejected the offer. If it wasn’t for Perseus, Danae would’ve been forced to marry Polydectes anyway. The king, being angry that Perseus was in the way of “his marriage” decided to come up with a

the chest and threw them into the ocean. After being in the ocean for a while, a fisherman had discovered the chest, broke it open, and took Danae and Perseus home to his wife. One day, Polydectes, the ruler of the little island, took notice of Danae and Perseus, and Polydectes fell in love with Danae. Polydectes did not want Perseus in the picture though, so he came up with an elaborate plan to get Perseus out of his way. He told Perseus that what he truly wanted was the head of a gorgon than anything

child of Zeus(God of lightning) and his mother's name was Danae (DA- NAY). this city was called Seriphos This city was one the oldest cities in ancient Greece. The King of the city, Polydectes wanted to marry Danae but she didn’t want to marry the King because her son Perseus didn't approve of it. So the King Polydectes was smart and he knew how to get Danae to marry him. Later that day he was collecting presents for another king’s daughter and he asked Perseus where his gift was. The King also said