Perseus

~ 2000 BC
Legendary hero who killed Medusa, a monster so ugly it turned people to stone.

Other Resources

Story Links	Book Links
Quest of Medusa's Head in	Old Greek Stories  by  James Baldwin
Perseus  in	Famous Men of Greece  by  John H. Haaren and A. B. Poland
Gorgon's Head in	A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys  by  Nathaniel Hawthorne
How Perseus and his Mother came to Seriphos in	The Greek Heroes  by  Charles Kingsley
Perseus  in	Heroes Every Child Should Know  by  H. W. Mabie
Quest of Perseus  in	The Story of Greece  by  Mary Macgregor
Acrisius Is Killed by Perseus  in	The Story of Greece  by  Mary Macgregor
Men Turned to Stone  in	Stories of the Ancient Greeks  by  Charles D. Shaw

Image Links
Give us our eye!  in A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys	The chest sailed on, however, and neither sank nor upset.  in A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys	The small, embroidered wallet grew large enough to contain Medusa's head.  in A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys
Perseus and the Grey Women  in A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys	Perseus Armed by the Nymphs  in A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys	Perseus and the Gorgons  in A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys
Perseus Showing the Gorgon's Head  in A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys	Perseus Slaying Medusa  in Greatest Nations - Greece	They whimpered and begged of him.  in The Book of Myths
For two days and two nights the boat was tossed hither and thither.  in The Story of Greece