He was, alongside Cadmus and Bellerophon, the greatest Greek hero and slayer of monsters before the days of Heracles. Perseus flies back home with Medusa's head. 6,669-752) Perseus, der Sohn der Danaë, hat in einem ersten Abenteuer der Gorgo Medusa das Haupt abgeschlagen, das er nun bei sich trägt. The Golden Apples . Pflege begehr‘ ich und Ruh‘. He received help from Athena and Hermes who gave Perseus a sword, a mirrored shield, and winged sandals, these gifts were used to escapes Medusas sisters. He sees Andromeda chained to a rock as an offering to a sea monster. Auch nicht Perseus gegenüber, der ihn – erschöpft von langer Reise – um Speise, Trank und ein Nachtlager bat. On the way, he rescues a princess, Andromeda, from a sea dragon. Atlas was one of the most famous Titans, the son of Iapetus and the Oceanid Asia (or, possibly, Clymene).He was the leader of the Titan rebellion against Zeus, and he got a fitting punishment after the end of the Titanomachy: he was condemned to eternally hold up the sky.Only once, and for a very brief period, he was bereaved of this burden by Heracles. Jener [Atlas] war des alten Orakelspruchs eingedenk (die parnassische Themis hatte diese Weissagung gegeben): "Die Zeit, Atlas, wird kommen, wo dein Baum des Goldes beraubt sein wird, und ein Jupitergeborener den Ruhm haben wird, es als Beute zu haben." Als Danaë und Perseus auf Seriphos, einer Insel der Kykladen, an Land gespült werden, ... Schließlich setzt er sich im Reich des Königs Atlas nieder, um zu rasten und ihn um Obdach zu bitten.

Atlas fürchtet aber um seine Besitztümer und stößt den Heroen fort. Analysis Perseus marries Andromeda. Perseus with the Head of Medusa is a bronze sculpture made by Benvenuto Cellini in the period 1545–1554.

Y'all should go check it out. Perseus saves his mother, and his journey is concluded. The sculpture stands on a square base which has bronze relief panels depicting the story of Perseus and Andromeda, similar to a predella on an altarpiece. If you're wondering, I'll probably be updating my other stories within the next week. A/N: Hey-o.

Perseus is one of the greatest heroes of Greek Mythology. The Scenic Virtuality of a Painting: "Perseus Freeing Andromeda" by Piero di Cosimo A masterpiece of the Florentine Renaissance depicting the myth recounted by Ovid in Book IV of the Metamorphoses This gorgeous painting by Piero di Cosimo (Florence, 1462 - 1522) was executed between 1510 and 1515c. In Greek mythology, Perseus (/ ˈ p ɜːr s i ə s,-sj uː s /; Greek: Περσεύς) is the legendary founder of Mycenae and of the Perseid dynasty. At no point, at least in any source that I know of, did Atlas explicitly ask to be turned to stone. Perseus: The main character in this epic, who is sent to kill Medusa. Perseus takes to the air again. He is best known as the slayer of the Gorgon Medusa, a fearsome monster, and as the rescuer of the Ethiopian princess Andromeda.

Perseus (4,604-5,249) Sed tamen ambobus versae solacia formae. Yet some may think that the account of Atlas-into-stone cannot refer to the same Atlas, for Heracles 1 deceived Atlas, and he had not been able to do it, being as he was a descendant of Perseus 1, if his ancestor had turned Atlas into stone with the help of Medusa 1 's dreaded head, as it is told. Perseus und Andromeda (met. Anyway, I got my inspiration for this story from Twin's of Atlas by TheGoosemaster. Comets Atlas and Swan Sacred Union in Perseus ~ Divine Goddess Rising!! Atlas was rude and demanded Perseus to leave, prompting Perseus to expose the Titan to Medusa’s head and turn him into the mountain range. Filled with wonder at Atlas’ incredible strength, Perseus glided down to earth and walked up to his feet. Perseus descends, strikes a deal with Andromeda’s parents, and uses Medusa’s head to petrify the monster. He wanted to meet the mightiest being in the world in person. Der Titan Atlas war kein sehr gastfreundlicher Typ. He beheaded the Gorgon Medusa for Polydectes and saved Andromeda from the sea monster Cetus. The Titan, however, did not give him a warm welcome, for it had been prophesied that a son of Zeus would come to these parts one day and steal the golden apples from the nearby Garden of the Hesperides.

Perseus’s strength is no match for Atlas’s, so he turns Atlas to stone using Medusa’s head. In Homer’s Odyssey, Book I, Atlas seems to have been a marine creature who supported the pillars that held heaven and earth apart.