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... Perseus . A king of Mycenae and Tiryns . A. Perseus ' mother , Danaë , bore him in a brazen cell in which her father , Acrisius , king of Argos , had imprisoned her on learning from an oracle that a son of Danaë would kill him ...
... Perseus . A king of Mycenae and Tiryns . A. Perseus ' mother , Danaë , bore him in a brazen cell in which her father , Acrisius , king of Argos , had imprisoned her on learning from an oracle that a son of Danaë would kill him ...
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Edward Tripp. PERSEUS he placed it on his head . Hermes appeared and gave Perseus the last weapon , a sword or sickle of adamant . ( Some writers claim that it was Hermes who lent Perseus the cap and sandals , his own , because he found ...
Edward Tripp. PERSEUS he placed it on his head . Hermes appeared and gave Perseus the last weapon , a sword or sickle of adamant . ( Some writers claim that it was Hermes who lent Perseus the cap and sandals , his own , because he found ...
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... Perseus avenged his grandfather by turning Proëtus to stone . Hyginus ' account of the events of Perseus ' life is unusual . He records that Polydectes was a benevolent king who married Danaë and had Perseus brought up in the temple ...
... Perseus avenged his grandfather by turning Proëtus to stone . Hyginus ' account of the events of Perseus ' life is unusual . He records that Polydectes was a benevolent king who married Danaë and had Perseus brought up in the temple ...
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