Another heroic son of Zeus was Perseus. Acrisius, king of Argus, closed his daughter Danae up in a tower because there was a prophecy that her son would kill him. Zeus entered the tower in the form of golden rain and from their union was born Perseus. Acrisius then put mother and son in a boat without oars and abandoned them in the sea. A fisherman found them and took them to his house. The king of the island fell in love with Danae, therefore to get rid of Perseus, he was given the charge of obtaining the head of the gorgon Medusa. The hero went to the three witches, sisters of the Gorgons, who were the only ones who knew where the Gorgons could be found.
