Perseus was part god, part man, and an ancient Greek hero. He was the son of an Argive princess and Zeus, the king of gods.  Perseus managed to kill the fearful Medusa, the Gorgon with the hair of snakes, who could turn men into stones! What a feat! All Greece cheered and honored him. 

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