Perseus
Perseus was a hero who slew Medusa, a gorgon who could turn people to stone by just looking at her.
Have you ever read Percy Jackson And The Olympians by Rick Riordan? The main character's (Percy) real name is Perseus. Why? Perseus is probably the only hero who had a happy ending, out of all the famous greek heroes. Well, so did Heracles (sort of), but he had to suffer a lot. Perseus actually got off quite easy - none of the gods wanted to kill him. Three of them actually helped him out a lot. One of them was his dad, Zeus, which means he was another illigitimate child. But strangely, Hera plays no role in Perseus' life, making him one of the only illigitimate kids of Zeus that Hera didn't try to make life miserable for.
The myth of Perseus is the one most like a 'modern' fairy tale (Cinderella, Snow White, Little Red Riding Hood, blah blah blah): the hero/heroine goes on a journey of some sort, encounters a big problem, solves the problem, lives happily ever after. You'll see after you read this story.
Have you ever read Percy Jackson And The Olympians by Rick Riordan? The main character's (Percy) real name is Perseus. Why? Perseus is probably the only hero who had a happy ending, out of all the famous greek heroes. Well, so did Heracles (sort of), but he had to suffer a lot. Perseus actually got off quite easy - none of the gods wanted to kill him. Three of them actually helped him out a lot. One of them was his dad, Zeus, which means he was another illigitimate child. But strangely, Hera plays no role in Perseus' life, making him one of the only illigitimate kids of Zeus that Hera didn't try to make life miserable for.
The myth of Perseus is the one most like a 'modern' fairy tale (Cinderella, Snow White, Little Red Riding Hood, blah blah blah): the hero/heroine goes on a journey of some sort, encounters a big problem, solves the problem, lives happily ever after. You'll see after you read this story.
Note: This myth retelling is in the form of a play script - I wrote it at school in March or something - that my group and I had to present (we were studying the Ancient Greeks). It happened to be Perseus, so - since I didn't feel like writing another version - here it is!