King Acrisius was told his daughter Danae would bear a son who would kill him. He imprisoned Danae but she became pregnant by Zeus. Their son Perseus was sent to sea in a chest and rescued. Perseus later killed the Gorgon Medusa to win Andromeda from a sea monster, using gifts from Hermes and Athena. Returning home, Perseus accidentally caused his grandfather Acrisius's death, fulfilling the prophecy.

2. Perseus
King Acrisius of Argos had only
One child, Danae.
The King journeyed to Delphi to
ask the god if he would have a
son one day.
The priestess told him no but
worse his daughter would have a son
who would kill him.

3. Perseus
King Acrisius did not slay his
daughter. Instead he had a house
built and sunk underground.
Danae would see nothing except
for the clouds.
Zeus visited and impregnated
her.
King Acrisius upon finding out about
the child and had a great chest made.
The two placed in it. It was then cast into
the water.

5. Perseus
The two were discover by a
fisherman named Dictys. He
adopted them.
Polydectes fell in love with
Danae.
Polydectes got Perseus to go
off and kill Medusa as a gift for
their near marriage.
Polydectes would rather have a
head of a Gorgon more than anything
else in the world.

6. Perseus
He sailed and went to Delphi
››Dodona ››Oak trees.
Hermes and Athena came to
help.
Hermes told him that he must
first be properly equipped (nymphs).
He must find the Gray Women.

7. Perseus
Hermes gave Perseus a sword &
and Athena gave him a shield.
They told him how to reach the
nymphs of the North.
"Neither by ship nor yet by
land shall one find the wondrous
road to the gathering place of the
Hyperboreans.“

8. Perseus
But Perseus had Hermes with
him.
Gifts: These were three: winged
sandals, a magic wallet which
would always become the right
size for whatever was to be carried
in it, and, most im-portant of all, a
cap which made the wearer invisible.

11. Perseus
On his way home he found a
Lovely maiden named Andromeda.
Who is about to be sacrificed to a
Seas serpent because of her mother
Queen Cassiopeia.
Perseus took off the head of the
Serpent.
Perseus asked for Andromeda’s hand.

14. Perseus
He sailed back to the island of
His mother only to find out that the
Wife of Dictys is dead and Dicts and
His mother were hiding because of
Danae’s refusal.
He also heard of the gathering
Of the King and all the men who
Favored him.

15. Perseus
He went to the palace and
Stoned everyone with Medusa’s
Head.
When the islanders knew themselves
freed from the tyrant it was easy for
Perseus to find Danae and Dictys.
He made Dictys king of the island, but
he and his mother decided that they
would go back with Andromeda to Greece
and try to be reconciled to Acrisius

16. Perseus
They found out that Acrisius was
driven away from the city.
 King of Larissa, in the North, was
holding a great athletic contest, and he
journeyed there to take part. In the
discus- throwing when his turn came
and he hurled the heavy missile, it
swerved and fell among the spectators.
Acrisius was there on a visit to the King,
and the discus struck him. The blow was
fatal and h e died at once.

17. Perseus
 So Apollo's oracle was again proved true. If
Perseus felt any grief, at least he knew
 that his grandfather had done his best to kill him
and his mother. With his death their troubles
 came to an end. Perseus and Andromeda lived
happily ever after. Their son, Electryon, was
 the grandfather of Hercules. Medusa's head was
given to Athena, who bore it always upon
 the aegis, Zeus's shield, which she carried for him.