"Perseus was the son of Zeus and Danae.The evil king Polydectes tricked him into going after the head of the Gorgon Medusa. Perseus succeeded because Hermes and Athena came to his aid. Hermes led him to the Graeae, the hags of the sea. They told him how to obtain winged sandals, a magic case in which to carry Medusa's head, and Hades' helmet, which would make him invisible. Hermes then gave him a sword, and Athena gave him a shiny shield. Perseus did not dare look directly at Medusa's face, or he would have turned to stone. He used the shield as a mirror and cut off Medusa's head. He later rescued Andromeda and married her. When Perseus returned home, he turned Polydectes to stone.". Fuck you, Polydectes!
"In Greek mythology, Perseus won his place among the stars. The constellation Perseus is of the northern celestial hemisphere, west of the constellation Auriga. Perseus contains the binary star Algol. The two stars of Algol periodically eclipse one another, so that Algol appears alternately fainter and brighter.".
The preceding text, with the exception of my "F-U" comment, is from the World Book Encyclopedia Volume 15 (1976) and is copyright 2010 Field Enterprises Educational Corporation.
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