Kitap 14
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Well, ladies: so the monster you sent against the daughter of Cepheus has got killed himself, and never done Andromeda any harm at all!”
1
Who did it? I suppose Cepheus was just using his daughter as a bait, and had a whole army waiting in ambush to kill him?
1
No, no.—Iphianassa, you remember Perseus, Danae’s boy?—they were both thrown into the sea by the boy’s grandfather, in that chest, you know, and you took pity on them.
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I know; why, I suppose he is a fine handsome young fellow by now?
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It was he who killed your monster.
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But why? This was not the way to show his gratitude.
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I'll tell you all about it. The king had sent him on this expedition against the Gorgons, and when he got to Libya—
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How did he get there? all by himself? he must have had some one to help him?—it is a dangerous journey otherwise.
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He flew,—Athene gave him wings.—Well, so when he got to where the Gorgons were living, he caught them napping, I suppose, cut off Medusa’s head, and flew away.
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How could he see them? The Gorgons are a forbidden sight. Whoever looks at them will never look at any one else again.
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Athene held up her shield—I heard him telling Andromeda and Cepheus about it afterwards—Athene showed him the reflection of the Gorgon in her shield, which is as bright as any mirror; so he took hold of her hair in his left hand, grasped his scimetar with the right, still looking at the reflection, cut off her head, and was off before her sisters woke up.
