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In Greek mythology, Perseus (US: / ˈ p ɜː r. s i. ə s /, UK: / ˈ p ɜː. sj uː s /; Greek: Περσεύς, translit. Perseús) is the legendary founder of the Perseid dynasty.He was, alongside Cadmus and Bellerophon, the greatest Greek hero and slayer of monsters before the days of Heracles. [1]
In Greek mythology, Perses (/ ˈ p ɜːr s i z / PUR-seez; Ancient Greek: Πέρσης, romanized: Pérsēs, lit. 'destroyer') is the son of the Titan Crius and Eurybia, and thus brother to Astraeus and Pallas. Ancient tradition records very little of Perses other than his marriage and offspring, his role largely being genealogical, existing ...
Perseis' name has been linked to Περσίς (Persís), "female Persian", and πέρθω (pérthō), "destroy" or "slay" or "plunder". [citation needed]Kerenyi also noted the connection between her and Hecate due to their names, denoting a chthonic aspect of the nymph, as well as that of Persephone, whose name "can be taken to be a longer, perhaps simply a more ceremonious, form of Perse ...
Cellini's Perseus (1545–54), wearing the Cap of Invisibility and carrying the head of Medusa. In classical mythology, the Cap of Invisibility (Ἅϊδος κυνέη (H)aïdos kyneē in Greek, lit. dog-skin of Hades) is a helmet or cap that can turn the wearer invisible, [1] also known as the Cap of Hades or Helm of Hades. [2]
Polydectes was the son of either Magnes and an unnamed naiad, [1] [2] or of Peristhenes and Androthoe, [3] or of Poseidon and Cerebia. [4] His story is largely a part of the myth of Perseus, and runs as follows according to the Bibliotheca [5] and John Tzetzes.
Perseus was the son of King Nestor either by Eurydice [1] or Anaxibia. [2] He was the brother to Thrasymedes, Pisidice, Polycaste, Peisistratus, Stratichus, Aretus, Echephron and Antilochus. [citation needed]
In Greek mythology, Danaë (/ ˈ d æ n eɪ. i /, [1] / ˈ d æ n i. iː /; [2] Ancient Greek: Δανάη, romanized: Danáē; Ancient Greek: [da.ná.ɛː], Modern:) was an Argive princess and mother of the hero Perseus by Zeus. She was credited with founding the city of Ardea in Latium during the Bronze Age.
In the film the monster is a kraken, a giant squid-like sea monster in Norse mythology, rather than the whale-like Cetos of Greek mythology. Perseus defeats the sea monster by showing it Medusa's face to turn it into stone, rather than by using his magical sword, and rides Pegasus. [52] The 2010 remake with the same title, adapts the original ...