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Perseus – Mythopedia Perseus, son of Zeus, was a Greek hero from Argos He is best remembered for killing Medusa, rescuing Andromeda, and founding the city of Mycenae
Andromeda – Mythopedia Andromeda, the daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia, was a beautiful princess of Ethiopia Offered up as a sacrifice to Poseidon as punishment for her mother’s foolish boasts, Andromeda was rescued from death by Perseus, who took her back to Greece to be his queen
Medusa – Mythopedia Medusa, one of the three monstrous Gorgons, was a snake-haired female who turned anybody who looked upon her to stone She was finally killed by the hero Perseus, who used her severed head as a weapon against his enemies
Danae – Mythopedia Danae, daughter of Acrisius, was a princess of Argos who was imprisoned by her own father After Zeus seduced her as a shower of gold dust, she gave birth to the hero Perseus Acrisius locked Danae and her child in a chest and threw it into the sea, but they were ultimately rescued by a fisherman in Seriphos
Graeae – Mythopedia Perseus, however, was no ordinary man: he was the son of Zeus himself, and the gods rallied to help him defeat his foe But Perseus also needed the help of the Graeae—a difficult thing to obtain, given that Medusa was their sister There are different versions of what Perseus needed from the Graeae
Gorgons – Mythopedia The Gorgons were three monstrous sisters who lived at the edge of the world; they are perhaps best remembered for their snake hair and fearsome appearance Two of the Gorgons were immortal, but the third—Medusa—was mortal and eventually slain by the hero Perseus
Pegasus – Mythopedia Pegasus was an immortal winged horse who sprang to life from Medusa’s blood after she was slain He was eventually tamed and bridled by the hero Bellerophon, who rode him into battle against the Chimera
Atlas – Mythopedia Atlas was a Greek Titan famed for his prodigious strength and endurance, condemned to shoulder the heavens for eternity He once passed the burden of holding up the world to the hero Hercules, but was tricked into taking it back
Ariadne – Mythopedia Ariadne, daughter of Minos, was the Cretan princess who helped Theseus defeat the Minotaur Abandoned by Theseus on the island of Naxos, she later married the god Dionysus
Aether – Mythopedia The shining Aether, child of Erebus and Nyx, was the embodiment of the upper air, the radiant home of the gods Aether was the brother of Hemera, the personification of the day, and in some traditions was her consort as well