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Perseus pages 114-118


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DanausKing of Libya with 50 daughters
AegyptusKing, brother of Danaus with 50 sons
ArgosGreek city; Danaus fled there with daughters
Hypermnestraeldest daughter of Danaus
Lynceusson of Aegyptus
Lynceus and Hypermnestrafell in love and eloped
49 daughters of Danauskilled their 49 husbands
suffer eternal punishment of carrying water in sieves to fill a bath to wash their sins49 daughters of Danaus
Reigned in Argos and ordered daughters to kill husbandsDanaus
lived without joylonely daughters of Danaus
Acrisiusgrandson of Hypermnestra and Lynceus
told he would die by a child of his daughterAcrisius
Perseus and Danaeplaced in a chest and tossed into the sea
saved Perseus & Danaefisherman
sent Perseus for Medusaevil king of nearby island
evil king of nearby islandwanted to marry Danae
father of PerseusZeus as golden rain
Medusaon of the Gorgons
Number of Gorgons3
Gorgonshave snaky hair
Medusa's stareturns people into stone
home of Gorgonslocation far out at sea to the west
sent by Zeus to help PerseusAthena and Hermes
lent Perseus a shieldAthena
lent Perseus a swordHermes
2 sets of 3 sistersGorgons and Gray Sisters
Perseus must get 3 things from:Nymphs of the north
Hermestakes Perseus to the Gray sisters
Perseus snatched this from the Gray sistersthe eye they shared
winged sandals, cap of invisibility, magic baggifts of the nymphs
asleep on the shoreGorgons
Gorgons' teethyellow fangs
Gorgons hairsnakes
Gorgons'necksbronze scales
born from Medusa's neckPegasus
slew MedusaPerseus
method of travel for Medusa's headbag of Perseus
Pegasusneighing woke the 2 Gorgons
magical capehides Perseus from the pursuing Gorgons
on the coast of EthiopiaAndromeda chained to a rock