05/14/2021
Perseus wants a Hug
Acrisius locked his daughter, Danae, in the dungeons because the Oracle said she will have a son who will kill him. Zeus went to her cell in golden glitter. Zeus impregnated her. She named the son Perseus. Perseus meant avenger or destroyer.
Acrisius wanted to murder them both, but angering the Gods wasn't good for his life expectancy. Acrisius tossed them in the sea in a box with airhole he drilled into them.
Zeus provided rain so they would stay hydrated. And got Poseidon to calm the waves and make a smooth current. Poseidon even had sardines go through the airholes to sustain them.
A few days later they arrived at the shore of an Island called Argos. A fisherman, Dictys, sat mending his nets after a day of fishing. He dragged the box to the shore. Dictys helped them out and gave them both bread and water. Dictys took them to his brother, Polydectus. It took him seventeen years to have his way with Danae. The king gave her and her son their own suite of rooms in the palace. He gave her fancy clothes, maidservants and access to the dining hall at all times. But Danae wasn't fooled. She knew she was a prisoner there as much as the pine box.
As Perseus aged things got easier for him, because he was a demigod. When he was just seven he could wrestle anyone to the floor. At ten he could shoot an arrow across the island and wield a sword better than anyone.
Perseus was so protective of his mother, that the King plotted to get rid of him. Perseus and his mother went to a wedding reception at the palace, where he got goaded into giving the king the head of Medusa.
Zeus sent Hermes, the messenger god to help him out. He was first dressed like a UPS man, but then quickly changed when realized he was out of his time. He gave Perseus a cap which would make him invisible and a sack for Medusa's head. He also gave him flying sandals as he wore.
Hermes told Perseus to find the Gray Sisters. They were ugly and immotal sisters of Medusa.
Perseus tricked the sisters by holding their eye and squeezing it until they let him go to Medusa's and gave him the weapons.
Perseus found a shiny sword and a bronze shield. Athena warned him how to kill Medusa. But only if he needed to.
Perseus just remembered Medusa was pregnant with Poseidon offspring. He lost his nerve. However he did his mission.
Perseus just witnessed a birth of a Pegasus and a golden warrior named Chrysaor, who inherited his mothers looks.
After that he saved Andromeda from the sea monster. He fought the sea monster so her town would be free of it.
Perseus slayed the monster with Medusa's head. He married Andromeda. Phineas was betrothed to Andromeda before. So Perseus fought Phineas and his men and eventually turned them to stone with Medusa's head, when he grew tired of the fight.
Perseus killed his grandfather, as the prophesy foretold, but in a discus match. His grandfather got struck in the head by a disc that Perseus threw.
