Due 11/5 Perseus Questions

Perseus Questions


Directions: Read pages 197-208 in your mythology books with the members of your polis. Then, each member must answer the following questions in complete sentences.

1. What news does the priestess tell Acrisius that he finds alarming?

2. How is Danae imprisoned?

3. Who visits Danae in her confinement?

4. What does Acrisius do after learning about the birth of Danae’s child?

5. Who falls in love with Danae? What is his position in the town?

6. What does Polydectes trick Perseus into doing so that he is put in danger?

7. Which god does Perseus first run into? What description is given of him in the book?

8. Who must Perseus visit first, before he can find his way to Medusa?

9. What two gifts does Perseus receive from the two gods who help him? (Describe the usefulness of these gifts.)

10. What magical land does Perseus travel to after the Gray Women?

11. What gifts does he receive there?

12. What land does Perseus travel to after the slaying the gorgon?

13. Who does Perseus discover there?

14. How and why is this person being punished?

15. How does Perseus rescue this woman?

16. What situation does Perseus find when he returns home?

17. How does Perseus get his revenge at dinner?

18. Why do Perseus and his mother decide to return to Greece?

19. What happens at the athletic competition in the North?

20. Who is the famous descendant of Perseus and Andromeda?