The Myth of Perseus

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Across
  1. 2. a gorgon with the ability to turn a person to stone just by looking at her
  2. 4. the King of Seriphos and wannabe suitor of Danae; schemes to get rid of Perseus
  3. 6. the King of Argo, father of Danae
  4. 11. the object in which Danae and Perseus were stuffed into and then sent to sea
  5. 12. gave Perseus a bronze mirror to use as a shield
  6. 14. body part of Medusa that Perseus keeps
  7. 15. enabled the user to become invisible to the eye
  8. 17. a kind fisherman who stumbled across Danae and Perseus
  9. 20. a special place to put the head of Medusa in order to not kill anyone else
  10. 21. the eventual wife of Perseus; chained to a rock as a sacrifice
  11. 23. the initial place of Danae’s residence and where Zeus appeared as a shower of gold
  12. 24. a gift from Hermes; useful in the defeat of the sea monster and Medusa
Down
  1. 1. angered the nymphs by bragging about her beauty, subsequently followed by the nymphs complaining to Poseidon
  2. 3. the place where Perseus killed Polydektes and gave the throne to Dictys
  3. 5. the object used to kill Medusa
  4. 7. prophesized that Akrisios would be killed by his daughter’s son
  5. 8. a demigod who was sent to retrieve a Gorgon’s head; killed Medusa
  6. 9. this is where Andromeda is from
  7. 10. Perseus’s father and the king of the gods
  8. 13. the homeland of Perseus and where Danae was imprisoned
  9. 14. gave Perseus a magical hat
  10. 16. the monster that Poseidon sent to terrorize Ethiopia
  11. 18. a gift from Athena so that Perseus could see Medusa w/o turning to stone
  12. 19. was locked into a tower, then a chest, and mother of Perseus
  13. 22. led Perseus on his journey and gave him winged sandals