She adorned her breastplate and shield with it whenever she went into a battle.
He gave the head to Athena when he was done with it. He went ahead and handed over the kingdom to Dictys. In his rage, Perseus turned Polydectes and all of his court members into stone with Medusa’s head. When Perseus got back home, he was very mad at Polydectes for tricking him. He also used it on her uncle Proteus, the usurper of throne of Argos, whom she was betrothed to. Perseus rescued Andromeda with the use of the head of Medusa. Image: Mount Toubkal in Toubkal National Park within the High Atlas, Morocco He took out the head of Medusa and caused Atlas to turn into a mountain. It is said that when Perseus met the Greek Titan Atlas and asked for a place to rest, Atlas refused. Perseus had on him Hade’s cap of invisibility and Hermes’s winged sandals.Īn ancient Greek poet by name Pindar said Athena was so touched by Medusa’s children’s lament that she made the Aulos out of their tears and sorrows. They tried to catch Perseus but to no avail. The accompanying noise that came with this woke the Gorgons up. Medusa’s children were called Chrysaor and Pegasus. Medusa was pregnant with Poseidon’s children at the time hence the story goes on to say that when her head was cut off, her two children suddenly popped from her neck. When he reached the land of the Gorgons, using the reflection of his shield as a guide, he cut off the head of Medusa with his sickle while Medusa was asleep. Perseus managed to get Medusa’s location from Graeae. He got a hat of invisibility from Hades, the god of the underworld a pair of winged sandals from the Greek messenger god Hermes a reflective bronze shield from Athena and a sword from Hephaestus, the god of the forge. With the support of some Greek gods and goddesses, Perseus was fully armed for this adventure of his. Dictys, brother of Polydectus, rescued them. Acrisius threw Danae and Perseus into the sea in a wooden chest. However, Zeus turned into a gold shower and got Danae pregnant. Danae’s father, Acrisius, King of Argos was told that he would be murdered by Danae’s son. Polydectes did not expect him to succeed much less return home to Seriphus. The ploy behind the mission was for Perseus to die on his quest. For this reason, he plotted to get rid of Perseus. Polydectes did this on purpose because he wanted Danae, mother of Perseus, and he knew Perseus was not in support of their relationship. He sprung to action by sending Perseus to fetch the head of Medusa. Medusa’s terror frightened several people and this got the attention of the king of Seriphus, Polydectes. The snake-filled hair was so monstrous and grotesque that one look at Medusa made the viewer turn into a pile of stone. Hearing of the incident, the goddess Athena got infuriated and turned Medusa’s hair into snakes.
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