A sample answer on English 10: Task 10: Visualizing the Text - The Gorgon's Head Timeline

1. Task 10 VISUALIZING THE TEXT Create a timeline of events
in the story.
Why are these significant events?
These events are significant because
these are all the highlights of the myth, through
these chosen events; we can still have a better
understanding upon the myth, “The Gorgon’s
Head” even though it is just a summary.
THE DREADFUL ORACLE
THE FRUIT OF LOVE
WAVES TO SHORE
KING POLYDECTES
HELP FROM HERMES AND ATHENA
THE GRAEAE AND THE NYMPHS
THE GORGONS AND THE
BEHEADING OF MEDUSA
ANDROMEDA
PHINEAS
THE RETURN
THE KILLING OF ACRISIUS

2. Task 10 VISUALIZING THE TEXT Create a timeline of events
in the story.
When king Acrisius of
Argos came home from Delphi, he
received a dreadful oracle that states
he will die in the hands of his
grandson.
King Acricius did shut her daughter away from
the sight of men but he forgot to take the
gods into account. Part of the roof of the house was open to
the sky, one day when Danae was sadly looking up at the
clouds Zeus was observing her captured by her loveliness
and beauty he changed himself in a shower of gold storming
into her chamber. Afterwards a son was
born to Danae, named Perseus.
King Acrisius set Danae and her son adrift
on the sea. Days and nights came by, the
chest where they're caged finally reached shore.
Dictys, a fisherman saw the box and opened it
discovering a pitiful mother and a helpless child, his
heart was moved so he adopts them where Perseus
grew up.
The two were taken in by Polydectes, the king of
Seriphus. Polydectes later conceived a passion
for Danae, but was unable to force his attentions on her
because Perseus had grown into a redoubtable protector. To
get rid of Perseus, Polydectes sent him on a quest to bring
back the head of the Gorgon Medusa, a snake-haired maiden
who turned all who saw her into stone.
Perseus accomplished his
quest with the help of Hermes and
Athena. Perseus received a sword from
Hermes while Athena suddenly appearing gave
him a shield. Hermes also told Perseus
to seek help from the Gray women.
After Hermes and Athena advised Perseus how to perform the
task, telling him first to go to the three graeae, sisters of the
Gorgons, who between them had but one eye and one tooth.
Perseus got hold of the eye and tooth, and gave them back only
when the sisters told him the way to certain nymphs who
possessed three magic objects. From the nymphs Perseus
obtained the Cap of Invisibility, a pair of
winged sandals, and a magic wallet.
Perseuswasfully equipped; he flew to
the gorgons,who lived on the edge ofthe world.Two of
the Gorgonswere immortaland the third Medusa,was
mortal.Those who looked on their faceswere turned to
stone.Guided byAthena,Perseus,lookingat the
Gorgon’sreflection in his shield,beheaded
Medusaand put her head in the kibisis.
Flying past the coast, Perseus saw a young
woman chained to a rock, threatened by a sea
monster. She was Andromeda, daughter of King Cepheus and
Queen Cassiepea, Cassiepea The oracle of Zeus, Ammon, told
Cepheus that he could appease the monster only by chaining his
daughter to the rock. Perseus killed the monster with the
scimitar of Hermes and was rewarded with
Andromeda as his wife.
Since Andromeda was already
betrothed to Phineas, her uncle, Perseus
had to assert his claim by fighting Phineas
and his followers, all of whom he turned to
stone with the Gorgon’s head.
Leaving Dictys as king, he returned
to Argos with Andromeda and Danae, and gave
the winged sandals, the kibisis, and the Cap of
Invisibility to Hermes, along with the scimitar.
To Athena, he gave the Gorgon’s head.
Acrisius fled to avoid Perseus.
Perseus followed him there and
took part in funeral games being celebrated for
Abas, father of Acrisius. In the discus-throw, his
discus accidentally killed Acrisius, and so the
prophecy of the oracle was fulfilled.