Something like: Akrisios puts Perseus and his mother - Danae - into a crate and throws them into the sea. But the crate is rescued by a fisherman and Perseus and his mother find themselves on the Isle of Seriphos at the court of King Polydectes.
Polydectes fancies Danae and is determined to marry her. When Perseus tells Polydectes to leave his mother alone the King agrees - but only if Perseus can fulfil his challenge.
So it is that Perseus finds himself challenged to defeat the Gorgon - a monster called Medusa - a task that Polydectes believes to be impossible since the Oracle has prophesied that Medusa can never be defeated.
Hermes intervenes with the information that Medusa's whereabouts can only be determined by talking to the Three Grey Sisters - so off go the two of them.
The Three Grey Sisters only have one eye between them - which they use in turn - and Perseus is able to turn this to his advantage to discover the location of Medusa.
When they arrive at their destination Hermes suddenly flies back to Olympia. Perseus think Hermes is abandoning him, but Hermes has actually gone to get a sword and shield. Anyone who looks Medusa directly in the face is turned instantly to stone - so Hermes is intending Perseus to use the shield to see the reflection of Medusa only.
Hermes returns to find Medusa about to attack Perseus. It's time to put the plan into action...and if they're successful they'll still have to deal with King Polydectes. And what too of the prophesy that Perseus will kill his grandfather?
-(http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/schoolradio/subjects/history/ancient_greek_myths/myth/perseus)
Describe the myth Perseus and the gorgon Medusa
100
What is Zeus's Roman form?
Jupiter
200
Zeus and Hera.
Who are Ares's parents?
200
Dog
What is Ares's sacred animal?
200
Goddes of love, beauty, and fertality.
What is Aphrodite the goddess of?
200
Persephone and Hades; the Abduction myth
What is one of the most well-known myths Persephone is in
200
Neptune
What is Posiedon's roman form?
300
Zeus and Leto.
Who are Apollo's parents?
300
Wolves, dolphins, roe deer, swans
What is Apollo's sacred animal?
300
Athena
Who's the god of wisdom?
300
He is often humiliated or embarrassed
How does Ares often end up in myths?
300
Minerva
What is Athena's roman form?
400
Zeua and Metis
Who are Athena's parents?
400
Usually shells
Also acceptable: the Evening Star (planet Venus), Number 5, the ocean, and the triangle
What is Aphrodite's symbol?
400
Messages, transitions and boundaries
What is Hermes the god of?
400
Cronus and the cannibalism of his chirldren, Polybotes, Kronos, etc.
Name any myth Poseidon is in or titan the god was involved with. If not listed, explain
400
Vulcan
What is Hephaestus's Roman form?
500
Zeus and Leto
Who are Artemis's parents?
500
Herma, the rooster, the tortoise, satchel or pouch, winged sandals, and winged cap
What is Hermes's symbol?
500
Music, truth and prophecy, healing, the sun and light, plague, poetry, and more.