This is a great way for students in grades 4 6 to practice their skills of poetry and mythology reading and comprehension. Surprisingly few ancient authors mention medusa and perseus although the story seems to have circulated from at least the beginning of seventh century bc. There a fire was kindled for her by her waitingwoman, eurymedusa, an aged. Medusas visage has since been adopted by many women as a symbol of female rage. Dec 15, 20 perseus and medusa ebook written by lynne weiss. Greek mythology and folk tales from greece books menu. Poseidon pohsyedun in addition to being god of earthquakes, poseidon was supreme ruler of the sea. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of metamorphoses and what it means. What happened to the cruel king and the courtiers when perseus showed medusas head. This chapter focuses on the use of myths and epic poetry, including the elements of these writing styles and examples of famous works. Perseus with the head of medusa is a bronze sculpture made by benvenuto cellini in the period 15451554. Hermes presents perseus with a special sword impervious to the gorgons scales.
Start studying 6th grade literature medusas he ad questions. Whenever you read a book and then go watch the movie, most of the time they dont follow the same events in the same order. The beauty and horror of medusa, an enduring symbol of women. Perseus was the undesirable grandchild of the king acrisius, who wanted him deadbut accidentally just left him alive to float to a new beach. Perseus kills polydectes, using medusas head to turn him into stone. 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. Perseus, athena and head of medusa, apulian redfigure krater c4th b. Interestingly, homers odyssey associates medusa with. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read perseus and medusa. Perseus and medusa by blake hoena goodreads share book. From medusa s body came a winged horse, pegasus, and a golden warrior named chrysaor. Fearing that, he hid his daughter danae in a chamber underground. The beauty and horror of medusa, an enduring symbol of. Greek mythology heros journey of perseus storyboard.
The odyssey is one of two major ancient greek epic poems attributed to homer. With this qr code, students can access an online poem for the mythology story of perseus and medusa. Homer, odyssey, book 19, line 499 perseus digital library. Perseus was the son of danae and zeus, who came to danae in the form of a golden spring. In greek mythology, medusa was a monster, a gorgon, generally described as a winged.
With the help of the gods, perseus obtained winged sandals, an invisible helm and a magical sword. He sees andromeda chained to a rock as an offering to a sea monster. The ancient greek myth of perseus with the head of medusa. They then passed between the sixheaded monster scylla and the whirlpool. Common core editions and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. Olympus in the form of a stream of gold, which poured through the roof of the chamber, and soon danae had a baby named perseus. Medusa in classical art now at the metropolitan museum of art draws on around 60 works from the manhattan museums collections to. Medusa in ancient greek art essay the metropolitan. For those whove been following the odyssey of the odyssey unit, you may be wondering what happened to days 3 and 4. Book 1 book 2 book 3 book 4 book 5 book 6 book 7 book 8 book 9 book 10 book 11 book 12 book book 14 book 15 book 16 book 17 book 18 book 19 book 20 book 21 book 22 book 23 book 24 themes all themes fate, the gods, and free will piety, customs, and justice cunning, disguise, and selfrestraint memory and grief glory and honor. This way, he could remain alone with danae and force her to marry him. The myth of perseus where he had to slay medusa and free his.
Perseus plans of bismarckian proportion extra mythology. King polydectes commanded he fetch the head of medusa. The heroines journey through myth and legend, the myth pertains to the haling of the wounded shadow. In fact, though no fault of mccaughrean herself this is one of the inevitable weaknesses of the book. Odysseus narrative, book 9, featuring his encounter with the cyclops. The myth of perseus where he had to slay medusa and free his mother from an evil king who wanted perseus dead. See more ideas about mythology, medusa and perseus and medusa. From medusas body came a winged horse, pegasus, and a golden warrior named chrysaor. Sirens, sphinxes, even scyllathe sea creature who devours six of odysseuss shipmates in the odysseywere similarly beautified. The hero wears a chiton, winged cap and high boots, and holds a sickleshaped blade harpe in his hand. Perseus saves his mother, and his journey is concluded. Perseus is one of the most famous heroes of greek mythology, he was the son of the argive princess danae. Oct 07, 2018 this assassins creed odyssey gates of atlantis artifact location guide will tell you where you need to go in order to obtain the 4 unique artifacts to complete the quest, the gates of atlantis.
Perseus, in greek mythology, the slayer of the gorgon medusa and the rescuer of andromeda from a sea monster. Originally with gilding on ornamented marble pedstal with bronze statuettes of jupiter right and danae left height 216 inches. Website 5 see an ancient greek pot with a picture of perseus carrying medusas head in a bag. He is known for killing medusa, saving princess andromeda and his mother. Medusa in classical art now at the metropolitan museum of art draws on around 60 works from the manhattan museums collections to explore the transformation of medusa and other. Perseus is determined to rescue andromeda, even though it means facing the hideous gorgon, medusa, whose glare turns warriors to stone perfect for children whose reading ability and confidence allows them to tackle longer and more complex stories. Perseuss heros journey handout this is day 5 of the odyssey lesson plans. He was the son of the argive princess danae who was locked away in a bronze chamber by her father akrisios acrisius who lived in fear of a prophecy that he would one day be killed by her son. He also tells us that poseidon, the darkhaired one, whom zeus had made the ruler over the mediterranean sea, made love to medusa in a soft, grassy meadow among the flowers, and that when perseus cut off her head, chrysaor the great and pegasos the horse leaped out verses 27486. It is, in part, a sequel to the iliad, the other homeric epic.
Like heracles, perseus is assigned to complete a seemingly impossible task though he only has one task instead of twelve. The story of perseus long ago, king acrisius of argos learned from an oracle that he would one day be killed by his grandson. As this is a retelling of a myth, im not going to critique the character or plot development. The actors, now an unmasked chorus of ordinary mortals, come wailing onstage to huddle at the foot of the statue. The cover featured the image of the gorgon medusa by froggi lupton, which the editors on the inside cover explained can be a map to guide us through our terrors. Start off with something you can use in your classroom right now.
The hunt for medusas head a greek myth graphic myths and. Then, after defeating the monster, he marries andromeda and, at the wedding feast, he tells the story of how he defeated the gorgon medusa and took. Perseus then flies away with medusas head packed in the kibisis. Perseus plops medusas head in the kibisis and starts make his getaway. The myth of perseus and medusa, according to pindar and apollodorus, started with a quest. Odyssey, the odyssey of homer rendered into english prose for the use of those who cannot read the original revised by timothy power and gregory nagy. The ancient greek myth of perseus and medusa comes from the ovids metamorphoses guys shaked. Homer knows only one gorgo, who, according to the odyssey xi. Medusa in ancient greek art essay the metropolitan museum of. When medusa is raped by poseidon in athenas temple, the goddess is so outraged that she turns medusa into a monster. Kind polydectes sent perseus to bring him the head of the only mortal gorgon, medusa. The myth of perseus and the medusa the story of perseus and the medusa is featured in the book entitled greek gods, heroes and men by caroline h. Perseus may be determined and pretty clever, but hes still young and inexperienced when polydectes orders the young man to bring him medusa s head.
The palace of the sun turns out to be made entirely of precious metals, and far superior to anything featured on mtvs cribs ovid tells us that what was most stupendously awesome, however, was the artwork on the doors. The king of seriphus named polydectes falls in love with perseus mother danae. The hunt for medusas head 2008 to the trojan horse. Why is medusas sad backstory so rarely told in greek myth. In later myths, medusa was the only one of the three gorgons who was not immortal. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of the odyssey and what it means. They can see a black and terrible storm gathering at sea. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans. Perseus fled with the monsters head in a sack and her two angry sisters chasing close on his heels. Just like in the myth perseus and the movie, clash of the titans, the event are not all the same and some of the cause. Some authors say that perseus was armed with a scythe from hermes roman equivalent mercury and a mirror or a shield from athena. The fall of troy 2007, lerners graphic universe offers a series of graphic novel retellings of wellknown adventures that will captivate comic book fans gr 6 9.
A journal of liberation in their issue one, volume six for 1978. Homer, odyssey, book 6, line 1 perseus digital library. Medusa was beheaded by the hero perseus, who thereafter used her head. King polydectes sent perseus to kill medusa in hopes of getting him out of the way, while he pursued perseus s mother, danae. Perseus and medusa when you left perseus, he had just struck a bargain with andromedas parents king cepheus and queen cassiopeia, but now he has to battle the sea monster. The years rolled by, and perseus grew up into a stronglybuilt young man whom none could match in good. The question types are designed primarily for florida state standards mul. But acrisius had a streak of jealousy that ran through his soul and tainted everything that he touched. Oh goddess of inspiration, help me sing of wily odysseus, that master of schemes. Medusa project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks read. He then sought out the ancient graeae and stealing their single eye compelled them to reveal the location of the gorgons. In my research i am reimagining perseus the mythological character to spongebob in the spongebob squarepants movie.
The myth of perseus and medusa is one of the best thrillerlike tales in greek mythology with a promising plot that gets more complicated as the story progresses, this myth has a typical hollywoodlike scenario with the main character not being born yet at the moment when his destiny was determined. Not even death, however, could quell medusas power, and perseus had to keep her decapitated head in a special sack strong enough to contain it, called a kybisis. What depictions of medusa say about the way society views. That mortal man lives not, or exists nor shall ever be born who shall come to the land of the.
Perseus was the son of zeus and danae, the daughter of acrisius of argos. In the story of perseus and medusa, king polydectes sends perseus on a quest to retrieve the head of the ugly, terrifying gorgon medusa. Perseus was one of the most celebrated heroes of greek mythology. The hero puts on hades helmet of invisibility and escapes the crazy snake ladies. This assassins creed odyssey gates of atlantis artifact location guide will tell you where you need to go in order to obtain the 4 unique artifacts to complete the quest, the gates of atlantis. They are rescued by a fisherman, and young perseus grows up, unaware of his royal birth. Telemachus and his development the odyssey was a great book in.
For valerie estelle frankel, author of from girl to goddess. We continue the story about our hero with the myth of perseus and medusa the gorgon. The adventures of perseus 6 scene 2 the mortals poseidon becomes a statue. Scholars believe the odyssey was composed near the end of the 8th century bc, somewhere in ionia, the greek coastal region of anatolia. These dwelt of old in spacious hypereia hard by the cyclopes, men overweening in pride who plundered them continually and were mightier than they. Litcharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in the odyssey, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work. On the way, he rescues a princess, andromeda, from a sea dragon.
Perseus finds the gorgons sleeping, slices off medusas head, and places it in his magic wallet. Perseus descends, strikes a deal with andromedas parents, and uses medusas head to petrify the monster. Nov 05, 2018 perseus was the undesirable grandchild of the king acrisius, who wanted him deadbut accidentally just left him alive to float to a new beach. Perseus and the monstrous medusa 12 heroes in training by joan holub, suzanne williams and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. In the odyssey xi, homer does not specifically mention the gorgon medusa. When perseus arrives home, he confronts king polydectes, whos been trying to force danae to marry him. Click on a topic for facts, interactive scenes and video clips. So noble longsuffering odysseus lay there, conquered by weariness and sleep, while athene came to the island and city of the phaeacians. Its purpose was to act as a guardian for female power, keeping the book.
As odysseus sleeps, athena flies to a phaeacian city where the princess nausicaa, daughter of the king alcinous, lies sleeping. Harding, published in 1906 by scott, foresman and company. Perseus turning phineas and his followers to stone, early 1680s long ago in greece there lived a king called acrisius who had just one daughter, a beautiful girl named danae. The myth of medusa can be interpreted on so many different levels. Its a good thing, then, that perseus gets some help from the gods. Athena gave to heracles a lock of medusa concealed in an urn, for it had a. This trend, karoglou says, can be traced back to the. Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes, storing new additions in a versioning system. Medusa wasnt the only monster made over by classical artists, either. As long as perseus looks at medusas reflection, he will be safe from her power. It was foretold to danaes father, acrisius the king of. We wrote about them in the first book of the genealogiae. Escaping poseidons curse a greek legend graphic myths and legends.
In the world of the odyssey, the tradition that presents heracles as a hero who belongs to an end page 6 earlier world continues. Ovids account of medusa s mortality tells that she had once been a woman, vain of her beautiful hair. The story of perseus and medusa, an interpretation of its. Ovids account of medusas mortality tells that she had once been a woman, vain of her beautiful hair. Perseus gets by with a little help from his friends. The gorgons head rests in a round sack kibisis slung across his shoulder. May 28, 2010 in book 11 of the odyssey the gorgon is mentioned, not the name of medusa. Books iv and v of ovids metamorphoses include the version of perseus tale that had. The odyssey is fundamental to the modern western canon. In book 11 of the odyssey the gorgon is mentioned, not the name of medusa. There, vulcan, the god of fire and technology, had created a picture of the world through metalworking.
At this point medusas sisters, stheno and euryale, wake up, and they are not happy. Medusa lies behind him, beheaded with blood flowing from the raw stump of her neck. Polydectes held perseus to his rash promise and demanded the head of the only mortal gorgon, medusa, whose gaze turned people to stone. Athena gives him a special bronze shield to act as a mirror. Perseus had no horse to give, so he asked polydectes to name the gift. Assassins creed odyssey medusa boss fight guide youtube. Nay, stranger, do thou quickly hearken to my words, that with all speed 290 thou mayest win from my father an escort and a return to thy land. Perseus is tricked into bringing back the head of the gorgon medusa but you dont need me to tell you how this particular quest will pan out. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. West, the medieval and renaissance monographs of hesiods theogony, classical. This book really helped to flesh out my knowledge of perseus all i knew came from a video game that i had played where he was one of the heroes you requested to slay medusa. One of the first large bronze works to be successfully cast in one piece since the fall of the roman empire.
Jan 01, 2009 a concise, stylised and dynamic version of the perseus and medusa myth. Students will love reading the fascinating tale the myth of perseus and medusa and creating a circlebook that focuses on story elements, characters, adjectives, vocabulary, the theme of courage, monsters and heroes, and much more. The two immortal sisters pursued perseus with fury, but the hero escaped with his prize using hermes winged boots and hades helmet of invisibility. How to find and beat the assassins creed odyssey medusa. Learn more about the traditional story of perseus in this article. He may resemble a savvy, meek businessman more than he resembles a mighty hero, but perseuss sneaky tactics work. In the odyssey, her head was kept in hades to drive the living from the world of. Not even death, however, could quell medusas power, and perseus had to.