Perseus with the head of Medusa, by Antonio Canova Mycenae Greek Greece

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Perseus, Perseos, or Perseas Greek the legendary founder of Mycenae and of the Perseid dynasty there, was the first of the mythic heroes of Greek mythology whose exploits helped establish the hegemony of Zeus and the Twelve Olympians in the mainland of Greece. Perseus was the hero who killed Medusa.

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