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In Greek mythology, Perseus was the heroic slayer of the Gorgonone of three ugly monsters who had snakes for hair, staring eyes, and huge wings Medusain Greek mythology, a monster whose hair was made of snakes and whose face turned humans to stone. His mother was Danaë, daughter of King Acrisius of Argos. Before Perseus's birth, an oraclepriest or priestess or other creature through whom a god is believed to speak; also the location (such as a shrine) where such words are spoken predicted that Danaë would bear a child who would one day kill his grandfather. Terrified by this prophecy,foretelling of what is to come; also something that is predicted Acrisius imprisoned his daughter in a...