. The golden fleece and the heroes who lived before Achilles. oracle spoke of a dreadful thing that he would have to do— he would have to sacrifice his daughter, the beautiful Prin-cess Andromeda. The king was forced by his savage people to take the maidenAndromeda and chain her to a rock on the seashore, leavingher there for the monster to devour her, satisfying himself withthat prey. Perseus, flying near, heard the maidens laments. He sawher lovely body bound with chains to the rock. He came nearher, taking the cap of darkness off his head. She saw him, andshe bent her head in shame, f
. The golden fleece and the heroes who lived before Achilles. oracle spoke of a dreadful thing that he would have to do— he would have to sacrifice his daughter, the beautiful Prin-cess Andromeda. The king was forced by his savage people to take the maidenAndromeda and chain her to a rock on the seashore, leavingher there for the monster to devour her, satisfying himself withthat prey. Perseus, flying near, heard the maidens laments. He sawher lovely body bound with chains to the rock. He came nearher, taking the cap of darkness off his head. She saw him, andshe bent her head in shame, for she thought that he wouldthink that it was for some dreadful fault of her own that shehad been left chained in that place. Her father had stayed near. Perseus saw him, and calledto him, and bade him tell why the maiden was chained to therock. The king told Perseus of the sacrifice that he had beenforced to make. Then Perseus came near the maiden, and hesaw how she looked at him with pleading eyes. Then Perseus made her father promise that he would give. THE RETURN TO GREECE 169 Andromeda to him for his wife if he should slay the sea Cepheus promised this. Then Perseus once again drewhis sickle-sword; by the rock to which Andromeda was stillchained he waited for sight of the sea monster. It came rolling in from the open sea, a shapeless and unsightlything. With the shoes of flight upon his feet Perseus rose aboveit. The monster saw his shadow upon the water, and sav-agely it went to attack the shadow. Perseus swooped downas an eagle swoops down; with his sickle-sword he attacked it,and he struck the hook through the monsters shoulder. Ter-ribly it reared up from the sea. Perseus rose over it, escapingits wide-opened mouth with its treble rows of fangs. Again heswooped and struck at it. Its hide was covered all over withhard scales and with the shells of sea things, but Perseuss swordstruck through it. It reared up again, spouting water mixedwith blood. On a r
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