While Acrisius was making oracular inquiry into the problem of fathering sons, the god informed him that a son born of his daughter would slay him. In fear Acrisius constructed a bronze chamber beneath the earth, where he kept Danae under guard. Now some say that Proetus seduced her, which led to the hard feelings between the brothers, but others say that Zeus had sex with her by changing himself into gold that streamed in through the ceiling and down into her womb. When Acrisius later learned that she had given birth to Perseus, not believing that Zeus had seduced her, he cast his daughter out to sea with her son on an ark. The ark drifted ashore at Seriphos, where Dictys recovered the child and brought him up.
The ruler of Seriphos was Polydectes, Dictys' brother. He fell in love with Danae, but was unable to have sex with her, now that Perseus was a grown man, so he got together his friends, Perseus among them, and told them he was collecting contributions to offer for the hand of Hippodameia, daughter of Oenomaus. He asked for horses from the others, but, because he got no horses from Perseus and because Perseus had said that he would not deny Polydectes even the Gorgon's head, he assigned him the task of fetching that very object.
So with Hermes and Athena as his guides Perseus sought out the daughters of Phorcus, who were named Enyo, Pephredo, and Deino. These daughters of Phorcus and Ceto, sisters of the Gorgons, were old women from birth. The three of them possessed only one eye and one tooth among them, which they took turns using. Perseus appropriated these, and when they demanded them back, he said he would return them after they had directed him to the nymphs. These nymphs had in their possession winged sandals, and the kibisis, which they say was a knapsack. They also had the helmet of Hades. When the daughters of Phorcus had led Perseus to the nymphs, he returned them their tooth and eye. Approaching the nymphs he received what he had come for, and he flung on the kibisis, tied the sandals on his ankles, and placed the helmet on his head. With the helmet on he could see whomever he cared to look at, but was invisible to others. He also received from Hermes a sickle made of adamant.
Perseus took flight and made his way to the ocean, where he found the Gorgons sleeping. Their names were Stheno, Euryale, and the third was Medusa, the only mortal one: thus it was her head that Perseus was sent to bring back. The Gorgons' heads were entwined with the horny scales of serpents, and they had big tusks like hogs, bronze hands, and wings of gold on which they flew. All who looked at them were turned to stone. Perseus, therefore, with Athena guiding his hand, kept his eyes on the reflection in a bronze shield as he stood over the sleeping Gorgons, and when he saw the image of Medusa, he beheaded her. Perseus then placed the head in the kibisis and headed back again, as the Gorgons pursued him through the air. But the helmet kept him hidden, and made it impossible for them to identify him.
When he reached Seriphos, Perseus found that his mother along with Dictys had sought refuge at the altars from the violence of Polydectes, so he entered the royal palace where Polydectes was entertaining his friends, and with his own face turned aside he displayed the Gorgon's head. When they looked at it, each one turned to stone, holding the pose he happened to have been striking at that moment.
Perseus made Dictys king of Seriphos, and gave the sandals, kibisis, and helmet back to Hermes, and the Gorgon's head to Athena. Hermes returned the aforementioned articles to the nymphs, and Athena placed the Gorgon's head in the center of her shield.
The Gorgon head on Athena's shield
Mythical Creatures
The blood of Medusa was given, by Athena, to Asclepius who was able to use it to either heal or kill people. It was said that the blood from the right side of Medusa's body could be used to save lives while the blood from the left side could be used to kill.
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Pegasus was a winged horse who immediately flew up to Heaven to live with the gods. He was said to carry the thunderbolts for Zeus. He also makes another appearance later as Bellaphron's horse when he goes to kill the Chimera.
Chrysaor was the father of Geryon. These two were the children of Poseidon. Bibliography 12
Pegasus
Source: Rich's Pegopedia
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