The Three Myths 4

This time, I decided to read three myths about Perseus. These were: Perseus and Medusa, Perseus and Atlas, and The Sea Monster. They go in chronollogical order from the moment he was born, to the moment he finds his bride.

It all begun with Perseus and Medusa, when the young man was destined to kill thse monster who turned any creature that looked her in the eye to stone. Perseus sneaks up to Medusa while she was asleep and cuts her head off. This was his first of many acts of bravery. The hero (son of Jupiter) continues his journey to the western limit of earth where he confronts King Atlas, a wealthy giant. Perseus only asked for food and rest but the king refused. As a result, the giant was turned to stone after being shown the head of Medusa. The last adventure was when Perseus travels to the country of the Aethiopians. The kings daughter was being held as a sacrifice to a sea monster. The hero offers to save her only if he gets the princess as a prize. Perseus ends up killing the serpent of the ocean a taking the kings daughter as his bride.

These three stories could actually be referred to as the epic of Preseus. It fits all the description given by Aristotles, some of which were: Has a character we admire, who would be represented as Preseus, and It has no exact time. The only condition that it doesn't fit is that it is not written in verses.