Using the cap of Hades to render him invisible, he was able to find and silently slay Medusa with the sickle that he received from Hermes.

Perseus was able to fly to their lair thanks to his flying sandals that he now had. The Gorgon Medusa, along with her sisters Sthenno and Euryale, were said to live at the ends of the Earth beyond the oceans. With those items as well as a sickle given to him by the God Hermes, Perseus was on his way to attempt to slay Medusa. In order to get their eye back, the Graiai gave in and helped Perseus to find the items he asked for. He also asked for the kibisis, a special bag that he would use to carry the head of Medusa. Perseus was said to have stolen the eye and would only return it for information on finding Medusa and also information on finding the cap of Hades (a cap that made the person invisible when he wore it) as well as winged sandals to enable him to fly. The myth states that the Graiai were three old witches who had only one tooth and one eye between them. The Graiai were actually 3 other sisters of the Gorgons. Perseus first consulted the Gods, who advised him to seek out the Graiai. Medusa was the only one of the Gorgons who was mortal (meaning that she could be killed). Medusa was one of the three Gorgons, sisters who were known for their hair made of venomous snakes and who could turn men to stone with just a single look. With the challenge from King Polydectes, Perseus was started on a mission to slay the Gorgon Medusa. He presented a challenge to Perseus that if he could not make good on his boast to kill Medusa, then the King would take possession of his mother.

This was the opportunity that King Polydectes was looking for. Perseus was eventually overheard boasting about his physical strength, saying that he could single-handedly kill the dreaded Gorgon Medusa. King Polydectes needed a way to rid himself of Perseus so that he could get to Danae. The King wished to court Danae, but Perseus did not want that for his mother and he therefore became an obstacle for the king. She happened to catch the eye of the brother of Diktys, who was also the King of the island. He was known there as a young man with great physical strength as well as great courage. He proceeded to help raise Perseus on the island of Seriphos. There, they were found by a fisherman called Diktys. Eventually, Danae and Perseus washed up onto the shores of the island of Seriphos, an Aegean island. The legends say that Zeus played a role in that by speaking to Poseidon, the God of the sea, so that they may have a calm journey. Perseus and his mother, Danae experienced calm seas after being cast out of Argos. Instead, he responded by locking Danae and Perseus in a wooden chest and casting them out to sea. When King Acrisius realized that his daughter had, in fact, had a child, he feared for his life, but was unable to take the lives of his daughter and grandson. Thus, Perseus was known as a demigod, meaning that he was born of both mortal (his mother, Danae) and immortal (his father, Zeus) parents. From that meeting with the very amorous Zeus, Danae did become pregnant and had a child while still imprisoned. The myth goes on to say that through the opening in her enclosure, the great God Zeus came to her in a golden rainfall. His goal was to keep her from male suitors so that she could not become pregnant. According to the legend, she was imprisoned in a bronze enclosure (some versions of the story say that it was a tall bronze tower, other versions report that it was actually an underground prison that was open to the sky). King Acrisius was determined to keep that from happening, so he decided to lock up his only daughter, Danae. The oracle told King Acrisius that he would one day be killed by his daughterвЂ™s son. In Greek mythology, oracles were like fortune tellers and Acrisius was seeking information for his future. King Acrisius had once sought advice from the oracle at Delphi because he had been unable to have a son. Danae was the daughter of the king of Argos, King Acrisius. He was born to Danae, his mother, who was a mortal (meaning that she was not a God).

Perseus was thought to exist several generations before the famous Heracles (Hercules). He is best known in Greek mythology as the slayer of Medusa, one of three female creatures, or Gorgons, with hair said to be made of poisonous snakes. Perseus was one of the oldest out of all of the Greek mythological heroes.

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