The brave young man showed himself willing, and soon theyĪgreed that Perseus should cut off the terrible head of Medusa and bring it to the king at Seriphos. When Perseus grew up, his stepfather persuaded him to go out in action and do something big. Here, the king saw his chance to get rid of the troublesome young man and ordered Perseus to bring him the head of the Gorgon.Īnd so Perseus set out to find the Gorgon Medusa. Perseus replied: "If you, O king, would ask, I would bring you the head of the terrible Gorgon Medusa!" One day Polydektes invited Perseus to his court. The beauty of Danaës had not remained hidden in him and finally he was inflamed with love for her.īut Perseus watched over his mother and the king therefore did not dare to take Danaeus by force. Exactly how he did it is up to each individual's imaginationįinally they were stranded on the island of Seriphos, where the fisherman Diktys found them and welcomed them. In the shape of a golden rain it came over Danae. To fall down from above - that was the brilliant idea. A swan - no, it can't land in a tower and besides: we already had that. He began to think about how he could seduce Danaeus. He saw Danaë and her curves and was enchanted by her sight. King Acrisius did not reckon with godfather Zeus. (Knights in golden armor on white horses had not yet been invented.) Dressed only in her lovely clothes and dreaming a girl's dream - probably of the Greek hero So there she lay, the daughter, stretched out on her bed. When the daughter was of marriageable age, he had her locked in a tower that was only accessible from above. Grandson Acrisius was determined to prevent. The king was prophesied in an oracle saying that a grandson would steal his throne and life. Danaë and Zeusĭanae is the daughter of Acrisius, king of Argos. I have tried to dust off the text a little. The original text is from Gustav Schwab: The legends of classical antiquity.
Let yourself be enchanted a little by the Greek mythology!
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