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Perseus
Perseus EuropeLegendary Greek hero. The son of the Argive princess Danaë and Zeus, who came to her in the form of a golden shower. Perseus killed the Gorgon Medusa and presented her head to the goddess Athena, who had given him a mirror shield.
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