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Perseus Vocabulary - Proper Nouns
People, places and things from the Perseus story
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| Acrisius, -ii (m) | King of Argos; grandfather of Perseus |
| Aethiopia, -ae (f) | Ethiopia |
| Andromeda, -ae (f) | sacrificial daughter of Cepheus; wife of Perseus; |
| Argos, -is (f) | Argos,famous district in Greece, south of Athens; home of Perseus |
| Cassiopeia, -ae (f) | queen of Ethiopia; wife of Cepheus; mother of Andromeda |
| Cepheus, -i (m) | king of Ethiopia; husband of Cassiopeia; father of Andromeda; |
| Danaë, -aë (f) | daughter of Acrisius; mother of Perseus; consort of Zeus (in a golden shower) |
| Gorgon, -onis (f) | horrible monster with snakes for hair; the sight of whom turned men into stone! |
| Graea, -ae (f) | the Grey Ones; old witches who shared one eye and one tooth |
| Hammon, -is (m) | altar of Zeus in Aethiopia |
| Larisa, -ae (f) | city in Thessaly |
| Medusa, -ae (f) | leader of the Gorgons; killed by Perseus; symbol of power and protection; |
| Perseus -i(m) | son of Zeus; husband of Andromeda; hero of Argos; founder of Mycenae |
| Polydectes, -tis (m) | childless king of Seriphos; suitor of Danaë; |
| Seriphos, -i (f) | Greek island, home of Polydectes; |
| Thessalia, -ae (f) | Thessaly, area n. of Athens; |
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