In Greek Mythology, Perseus, prepares to slay Medusa. With her, sleeping, are her two sisters.
To protect his mother, Danae, the mythical Greek hero Perseus accepted the task assigned him by a king named Polydictes of slaying the monster Medusa, whose hair was snakes and whose eyes turned all to stone who gazed at them. In this early 1900s illustration Perseus, prepares to slay Medusa. With her, sleeping, are her two sisters. Of the three only Medusa was mortal. Helping him find Medusa was his guide, the messenger god Hermes (Mercury to the Romans), and Athena. With them he had found the three daughters of Porcus and Ceto (who was a sister to the Gorgons). They were named Enyo, Pephredo, and Deino and were old from birth. They shared one eye and one tooth, as seen here, which they took turns using. Perseus took the eye and tooth until the sisters gave him the magic knapsack, winged sandals, and helmet that rendered him invisible.
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