\b0 Hero of Argolis, the son of \b \cf4 \ATXht8 Zeus\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 and Danaδ. His mother was visited by Zeus in the
form of a shower of gold that poured through the roof of the underground chamber - or inaccessible tower - in which her father Acrisius had imprisoned her, after it was predicted that she would bear a son who would be the cause of his death. Acrisius go
t rid of mother and child by shutting them in a chest and throwing it in the open sea. The chest floated to the island of Seriphos, where they were taken in by the tyrant Polydectes. It was he who sent Perseus to fetch the head of \b \cf4 \ATXht11307 Med
usa\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , the Gorgon who turned anyone whose gaze fell on her into stone. Perseus killed her by showing her her reflection in a polished bronze shield, given to him by \b \cf4 \ATXht6 Athena\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 . On his way back from this adventu
re, he saved \b \cf4 \ATXht10128 Andromeda\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 from the vengeance of \b \cf4 \ATXht1053 Poseidon\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 and then returned to \b \cf4 \ATXht10135 Argos\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 . As the oracle had foretold, he accidentally killed his grandfa
ther Acrisius and for this reason exchanged the kingdom of Argos for that of his cousin, who ruled over \b \cf4 \ATXht12013 Tiryns\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 . He was also said to have founded \b \cf4 \ATXht11322 Mycenae\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 .\par
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\b \i \cf4 \ATXht1061 The Myth of Perseus and Medea
