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How was Acrisius related to Perseus?
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Grandfather
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How was Danae related to Perseus?
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Mother
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What did the Delphic oracle tell Acrisius?
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His grandson would kill him
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What did Acrisius do to stop the oracle from coming true?
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He locked his daughter in a tower of bronze
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How did Zeus get to Danae?
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He turned into a shower of gold
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What did Acrisius then do to Danae and Perseus?
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He locked them in a box and threw it in the ocean
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Who was Dictys?
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He was a fisherman who found the chest with Danae and Perseus in it
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Who was Polydectes?
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Brother of Dictys, king of Seriphus, fell in love with Danae
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What task did Perseus boast he could accomplish?
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Said he could get the head of Medusa
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Who were the Gorgons?
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Three monster sisters with snake hair, tusks and brass hands
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What did Athena and Hermes tell Perseus to do?
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Find the Graeae and take their eye and tooth until they show you were the nymphs are
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Who were the Graeae?
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Three women who were old from birthName means Gray OnesHave one eye and one tooth
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How did Perseus get the Graeae to tell him what he needed to know?
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He took their one eye and tooth
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What objects did the nymphs give Perseus?
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Cap of invisibilitywinged sandalssack for Medusa's head
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How did Perseus kill Medusa?
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Looked at her through his shield and chopped her head off
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