Polydectes was the brother of Dictys and king of the island. Danaë and Perseus ended up landing on the island of Serifos and they were taken in by Dictys who raised Perseus into manhood. This was his decision instead of killing the son of Zeus. Perseus was then born, and the journey begins.Īfraid for his life, Acrisius locked Perseus and Danaë in wooden chest and sent them out to see. This is relevant because Zeus came in through the opening as a shower of gold and impregnated Danaë. Because of this, Acrisius imprisoned his daughter in a chamber made of bronze that was open to the sky. The oracle warned Acrisius that he would one day be killed by the son of Danaë. So much so that he went to speak to the oracle at Delphi. It all started when Danaë’s father and the King of Argos, Acrisius, was extremely disappointed that he couldn’t have a son. Being that Zeus was a god and Danaë was human, this made Perseus and demigod. By the end of this post we hope you have a better understanding of who Perseus was and what his place was in Greek mythology. We will talk about the history of this legendary demigod and discuss why he was such a popular subject to be tattooed. In this post we are going to talk about Perseus and the Perseus tattoo. Not only that but the symbolism behind the Perseus tattoo has led to many more people getting his image tattooed on their body. The Perseus tattoo is one that tells a story in addition for representing traits and characteristics that any person would love to have.
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Perseus was his name and though not a full god, he is still one of the most popular subjects of Greek mythology ever. He was one of the best warriors in Greek mythology and the legendary slayer of monsters. A demigod is half human and half god and one of these demigods happens to be the subject of our tattoo post today. Not every character in Greek mythology was a god however. These mighty gods had powers that we could only wish of and this made for pretty bad ass stories that we still talk about today. The fun part about hearing these stories is that these characters are basically superheroes before superheroes were even talked about.
Stories of Zeus, Athena, Poseidon and Apollo ring loud in our elementary school books and libraries. Some of the best stories that have told come from Greek mythology.
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