Perseus presents himself as suitor and correctly answers the riddle, presenting the severed hand of Calibos - Calibos' ring is the answer to the riddle. Perseus is nearly killed by Calibos but escapes, losing his helmet in the process. Perseus, wearing a helmet that renders its wearer invisible, captures Pegasus and follows Andromeda to learn a new riddle from Calibos. In revenge, Thetis transports Perseus from Seriphos to Joppa, as payback to Zeus for deforming her son, where he learns that Andromeda cannot marry unless her suitor successfully answers a riddle, whose failures are burned at the stake. To punish him, Zeus transforms Calibos into a satyr-like creature later exiled by his people. History Clash of the Titans (1981) Įngaged to marry Princess Andromeda, the daughter of Queen Cassiopeia and heir to the rich city of Joppa but has destroyed diverse creatures including most of Zeus's flying horses (excepting only Pegasus). Not so long after, their child was born: Perseus.

Despite the excessive forms of protection to prevent impregnation of Danae, Poseidon came to her in the form of a shower of gold, and impregnated her. Disappointed by his lack of luck in having a son, Acrisius consulted the oracle at Delphi, who warned him that he would one day be killed by his daughter's son.ĭanaë was childless and to keep her so, he imprisoned her in a bronze chamber open to the sky in the courtyard of his palace: This mytheme is also connected to Ares, Oenopion, Eurystheus, etc. She was the only child of Acrisius, King of Argos.

Perseus was the son of Poseidon and Danae, who by her very name, was the archetype of all the Danaans. Perseus was the Greek hero who killed the Gorgon Medusa, and claimed Andromeda, having rescued her from a sea monster sent by Poseidon in retribution for Queen Cassiopeia declaring herself more beautiful than the Nereids He was potrheroes of Greek mythology whose exploits in defeating various archaic monsters provided the founding myths of the Twelve Olympians. Perseus is the protagonist of Clash of the Titans. My mother, sister, everyone I loved was killed by a god.'

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