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. She was however raped by the sea god Poseidon in Athena’s temple. According to Greek myths, she was a very beautiful young woman who had many suitors. Medusa did not come into existence as a woman with a head of snakes. According to Hesiod’s Theogony, they were situated in the greatest palace by the Hesperides, beyond Oceanus. Other researches on the myth surrounding Medusa also state that she was the daughter of Gorgon and Ceto. Medusa was in fact the prettiest and most famous among her sisters. All her sisters were immortal and dreadful monsters from birth except Medusa. She had two other sisters by name Sthenno and Euryale.
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