Perseus

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Greek mythological hero demigod

Perseus is a legendary Greek hero famed for slaying the Gorgon Medusa and rescuing Andromeda.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Perseus with the Head of Medusa 2
Perseus and his descendants 1
Perseus cycle 1

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek mythological hero ⓘ
demigod ⓘ
accidentallyKilled Acrisius ⓘ
aidedBy Athena ⓘ
Graeae ⓘ
Hades ⓘ
Hermes ⓘ
associatedPlace Argos ⓘ
Mycenae and Tiryns ⓘ
surface form: Mycenae

Astypalaia ⓘ
surface form: Seriphos
castIntoSeaBy Acrisius ⓘ
castIntoSeaWith Danaë ⓘ
child Alcaeus ⓘ
Autochthe ⓘ
Electryon ⓘ
Gorgophone ⓘ
Heleus ⓘ
Perses ⓘ
Sthenelus ⓘ
constellation Perseus constellation ⓘ
culture Greek mythology ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greek mythology
enemy Gorgons ⓘ
father Zeus ⓘ
founded Mycenae and Tiryns ⓘ
surface form: Mycenae
gender male ⓘ
grandfather Acrisius ⓘ
grandmother Eurydice I ⓘ
surface form: Eurydice
killed Medusa ⓘ
sea monster Cetus ⓘ
languageOfName Ancient Greek ⓘ
modeOfKillingAcrisius discus throw ⓘ
mother Danaë ⓘ
mythCycle Perseus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Perseus cycle
nameInGreek Perseus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Περσεύς
notableFor founding Mycenae ⓘ
rescuing Andromeda ⓘ
slaying Medusa ⓘ
opponent Polydectes ⓘ
parent Danaë ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ
prophecyInvolved killing his grandfather Acrisius ⓘ
representedIn Greek vase painting ⓘ
Renaissance ⓘ
surface form: Renaissance art

classical sculpture ⓘ
rescued Andromeda ⓘ
rescuedBy Dictys ⓘ
spouse Andromeda ⓘ
symbol Medusa's head ⓘ
sword ⓘ
winged sandals ⓘ
tookHeadOf Medusa ⓘ
turnedToStone Polydectes ⓘ
usedHeadOfMedusaTo petrify enemies ⓘ
usedObject Hades’s helm of invisibility ⓘ
surface form: Hades' helm of invisibility

kibisis (magic bag) ⓘ
polished shield of Athena ⓘ
winged sandals of Hermes ⓘ
usedWeapon harpe sword ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Echidna → associatedWithHero → Perseus ⓘ
Zeus → child → Perseus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Perseus and his descendants
Alcmene → grandfather → Perseus ⓘ
Perseus → mythCycle → Perseus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Perseus cycle
Perseus → nameInGreek → Perseus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Περσεύς
Antonio Canova → notableWork → Perseus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Perseus with the Head of Medusa
Canova → notableWork → Perseus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Perseus with the Head of Medusa
this entity surface form: Persée
Atlas → transformationCause → Perseus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Perseus showing him the head of Medusa