father, King Acrisius, learned after consulting an oracle that he would have not sons. … He also learned that Danae’s unborn son would kill him. He tried to
escape his fate by locking Danae in a tower
(or an underground bronze chamber, depending on the version of the story).
Why does King acrisius not kill Perseus himself after finding out his fate?
Why didn’t Acrisius kill Danae and Perseus?
He was afraid of what the gods would think of him
. He didn’t want to be punished.
Why does King acrisius want to get rid of Perseus?
Answer: Because
he wanted to evade his fate
. by sending him and his mother to the sea by boat.
Why did King acrisius want to get rid of his daughter?
T/F. King Acrisius of Argos had only one child, a daughter, Danae. Why didn’t Acrisius just kill his daughter Danae?
Because he was afraid of what the Gods might do to him if he killed her.
Who did King Acrisius of Argos want to get rid of?
Why did King Acrisius of Argos want to get rid of
his daughter Danae
? Priestess at Delphi told the King that Danae’s son (later known as Perseus) would kill him. Acrisius built an underground chamber and imprisoned Danae in it to avoid his fate.
Is Polydectes a God?
Polydectes was
the king of the island of Seriphos
in Greek mythology, son of Magnes and a Naiad; or Peristhenes and Androthoe; or Poseidon and Cerebia. He was the ruler of the island when Danae and her son Perseus were washed ashore and his brother Dictys saved them.
Who wanted to marry Danae but Perseus stopped him?
The king of Seriphos, Polydectes
, fell in love with Danae and tried to forcefully marry her. However, Perseus did not let him. Furious, but also not wanting to outright kill Perseus, Polydectes said that he would stop pursuing his mother if Perseus would slay Medusa and bring back her head.
What is the moral of the story of Perseus?
The Moral of the Story
The story of Perseus and Medusa is
told to teach various life lessons
. … His courage, strength, and intelligence was also the reason that Perseus saved Andromeda from the Cetus and returned home with her, slaying both Phineus and Polydectes with the head of Medusa by turning them into stone.
What does Perseus need from the GREY woman?
Perseus had to seek out
the gorgon, Medusa, and bring her head back for the king
. If he failed, Perseus would be dead. And his mother, Danae, would live out her life as a slave.
Who killed Perseus?
2. As Perseus was flying home on his winged sandals, Perseus passed by
Ethiopia
(or in some versions, Phoenicia) and he saw a beautiful girl, Andromeda, who was the princess of the land, chained to a rocky cliff and about to be devoured by a sea-serpent.
What made Acrisius sad and troubled as he arrived from Delphi?
Disappointed by his lack of luck in having a son
, Acrisius consults the Oracle at Delphi, who warns him that he will one day be killed by his daughter Danaë’s son. Danaë is childless and to keep her so, he imprisons her in a bronze chamber open to the sky in the courtyard of his palace.
What is the problem in the story of Perseus?
Major Conflict: It was
when Perseus was sent to bring back Medusa’s head by the evil king of the island him and his mother were saved on
. The king wanted to marry his mother but he didn’t want to. That was the main reason why the king tried to send Perseus away.
Who is the father of Perseus?
Perseus was the son of
Zeus and Danaë
, the daughter of Acrisius of Argos. As an infant he was cast into the sea in a chest with his mother by Acrisius, to whom it had been prophesied that he would be killed by his grandson.
How did Danae get pregnant?
However, Zeus, the king of the gods, desired her, and came to her in the form
of golden rain
which streamed in through the roof of the subterranean chamber and down into her womb. Soon after, their child Perseus was born.
What happened to Perseus after he killed Medusa?
Perseus stuffed the head of Medusa into the kibisis and fled her now-awakened and pursuing sisters
, using the magic sandals and the helmet of Hades to provide him with the necessary speed and invisibility.
What was Andromeda’s punishment?
Since only Andromeda’s sacrifice would appease the gods, she was
chained to a rock and left to be devoured by the monster
.
